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Back-to-School Child Safety Checklist for Parents/Guardians
- Know which adults have access to and contact with your child and make sure
they have been properly screened. Also, it is very important to get to know
your child’s friends and their parents/guardians, as well as where they live. - Determine the policy for releasing students both after school and at other
times. Does the school require visitors to register in the front office, and have
you provided a list of people who may remove your child from school? - Determine the policy concerning notification in case of an emergency. What
is the school’s policy for notification if a child is absent and the
parent/guardian doesn’t advise the school? - Take time today to update your child’s ID photo. A recent photo is one of the
most important tools needed by law enforcement if a child goes missing.
Download a Power of Parents photo ID guide and enroll in the six-month
photo update email reminder on www.duracell.com/parents. - If your child walks to school, walk the route with him/her to identify landmarks
and safe places to go if he/she is being followed or needs help. Create a map
with your child showing acceptable routes to and from school using main
roads and avoiding shortcuts and isolated areas. - If your child rides the bus, visit the bus stop with him/her and learn the bus
number. This will help eliminate confusion for your child regarding which bus
to ride.
- Make sure young children are properly supervised going to and from school,
whether it is by you as a parent/guardian, an older sibling or another trusted
adult. Remind older children to always take a friend when walking or riding
their bikes to and from school. - Discuss with your child what he/she should do if anyone follows, approaches
or in any way bothers him/her. Include instructions to get away quickly and to
tell a trusted adult. Teach your child that if anyone tries to take him/her away,
he/she should yell loudly and make every effort to get away by kicking,
screaming and resisting.
- Find opportunities or “teachable moments” to practice safety skills with your
child. Create “what if” scenarios for your child to make sure he/she
understands safety messages and how to use them in a real situation.
- If your child goes home alone, make sure the rules for safety at home are
clearly understood. Prepare an emergency contact list (kept close to the
telephone) that includes phone numbers for you, law enforcement, the fire
department, ambulance service, doctor, poison-control center and at least
one other trusted adult. - Check with the school to see what policy it has regarding posting names and
photos online. Identifying/personal information should not be posted in a
public forum. If photos are posted, they should be group photos that do not
identify individual children in any way. Also, caution your child about carrying
or wearing items that visibly display his/her name. Those items should be left
at home.
Child
Safety Checklist for Parents/Guardians were adapted from Know the Rules…Going To and From School More
Safely
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Update Your Child’s ID Photo Today
A recent survey conducted by Duracell and the National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children found that only 49 percent of parents/guardians who have an
emergency photo of their child update it every six months - the timeframe
recommended by experts. Take time now to update your child’s photo and
identification information. Visit www.duracell.com/parents for a free, downloadable
Power of Parents photo ID guide and enroll in the six-month photo update reminder
service.
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