Today I got the scare of my life, when my daughter and her friend all of a sudden started running down the sidewalk, RIGHT next to a BUSY road. They are both two, mine is 3 in a few months. Anyway they kept running and me and the other mom were shouting and running after them. They were at times close to the edge and would not listen and stop. Finally we managed to get them to stop and cross over to where it is safer to walk. OMG I can not stop thinking about it. I also have a baby in the stroller when walking with my daughter...and her school is right on a busy road...so its not always the easiest to control her when leaving out of the gate.
Please, do you have any tips on explaining road safety to someone so young and what I can do to control her more? She does not always listen to me. After today, I explained to her many times how dangerous it is to run by the busy road and when I say stop she needs to listen and stop. Needs to hold my hand etc. I am not sure if she fully understood. I really hope so. I know how dangerous it is and I feel so bad just thinking about it.
All the worries of being a parent...its so stressful.... :( and I know it never ends!!! ARGH
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Road safety for toddlers
Mamabear12 · 19/11/2014 19:37
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