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KEEPING KIDS SAFE - MNHQ NEED YOUR TOP TIPS

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AbbyMumsnet · 05/11/2007 10:53

Hi all, we need your words of wisdom re' keeping kids safe. The areas we want to cover are:

At home - safety gadgets, bath-time rules etc.

Road safety (pedestrian/cycling awareness etc)

Out and about with you (e.g. WWW's tip of writing your mobile number on your child's arm if you are out somewhere busy where they might get lost).

Out on their own - how do you discuss the topic of "stranger danger" without terrifying your child? Does your child have a mobile for emergencies? Etc etc.

Please, please add them here, as soon as poss!

Thanks.

OP posts:
wannaBe · 05/11/2007 11:02

if out and about, I tell him to stay where he can see me. Imo young children don't grasp the concept of staying where you can see them, but they do understand about staying where they can see you.

Marina · 05/11/2007 10:59

If we are going somewhere crowded, I make them wear a brightly-coloured, easily described top, and if possible (not easy as I have a ds and dd) in the same lurid colour
Orange or turquoise are good

HuwEdwards · 05/11/2007 10:56

If either one of mine were to get lost, I always tell them to approach a woman with children.

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