DS is fine and unhurt.
But this morning he ran into the road in front of a moving car, which luckily did an emergency stop and stopped in time.
I was walking behind slightly and on the other side of the road with the youngest girls. 7.5yo DS was walking as a trial with his big sister 9.5yo DD1.
Obviously trial is over and he is back to walking by my side every day but despite him being clever he has zero street smarts.
I have spend years training all my kids to cross roads and I would rather trust 5yo DD2 on a road (not really but she actually looks for traffic) rather than DS !
Any recommendations for ideas for behaviour changing, book, apps anything to help him understand.
He will look if I ask him too. He will get upset if I say it is safe to cross, if he sees a car in the far distance. As I told him not to cross when cars are near. But if I don't prompt him to look, he steps off the kerb with no warning and I pull him back onto the kerb.
But he seemed to get better at looking for traffic, the last few weeks hence the trial with his sister.
Nearly everyone in his class Year 3 is walking on their own now and yet he isn't safe.
He was so upset going into school(daily occurrence anyway) but because I was telling him off (no shouting) no fear about the near miss....Sigh.
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How to drill road safety in DS after near miss.
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Babieseverywhere · 09/02/2016 10:14
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