Can you believe summer is almost over already? Once you’re finished adding up all the receipts for your child’s school supplies, take some time to review this school safety checklist and read this Reader’s Digest article highlighting some important back to school safety tips.
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According to Reader’s Digest, students are “nine times more likely to sustain an unintentional injury than to be a victim of violence while at school.”
There are the classics like “don’t talk to strangers” and don’t “walk to school alone,” but the article also has several tips that you may not have considered before. Here are a few I found particularly helpful:
- To start, educate your children about safe travel to and from school and create “what to do if this happens” scenarios. Being prepared for the unexpected is critical.
- Make sure your children know your home and work phone numbers and 911. Write these numbers down on small pieces of paper and put them in their backpacks.
- Check out your school’s playground equipment to see if it’s in good shape. If anything looks broken or like it’s about to fall apart, report it to the school.
- If your children have never walked to school before, walk with them a few times to make sure they know the way. Let them know the importance of following traffic signals and signs.
What can you add to the list? Do you and your family have any school safety tips to share?
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My children ride the bus to and from school. I always worry about their safety when getting on and off the bus. My son always has something in his hands, ne never completely commits to putting all of his stuff in his backpack. So there have been times when he has dropped things when getting off the bus. I always remind him if he drops anything to just leave it on the road and then tell me, or the adult picking him up at the bus stop. My biggest fear is the bus running him over. And I know it has happened.
In the past two years he did drop his lunch box and his jacket. He remembered my words and I had to pick his stuff up off a busy road. A small thing to do for my childs life.
I also do not let my kids wear scarves or mittins attached to strings to school. I know they are also a concern with getting stuck in the bus doors.
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