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After several e-mails from concerned parents, I have created what I feel are the 10 most important home security tips to teach your children. Please review this list with your youngsters and make sure they understand each and every safety tip.

1) Do not open the door to strangers. The same rule applies to strangers at home as it does on the street, "Do not talk to strangers"! Take the time to explain to your children that although home is a safe place, the reason it is safe is because y...

Teaching your children what to do if a stranger approaches them is very important. However, you can also teach them to avoid strangers when it is possible. Avoiding potential danger is much easier than dealing with it head on. Children can avoid strangers is many ways.

Let...

School is back and child predators know it.

We all tell our kids not to talk to strangers but... Everyday the news is full of children being molested, abducted or even killed.

We've all seen the movies where the child is grabbed and taken into a car. They never even have a chance to scream or attract attention. But is this always the case? What about the creep who uses the "lost puppy" story or "your mommy asked me to take you home because she's busy"? These kids might just g...

Parents, you know there is always an increased anxiety and stress when going on family outings and when the safety and security of your family is on your mind. Not sure where to start? Take a few minutes with a family safety plan by following some of these easy steps so it...

Levels of Safety

By teaching our children there are different levels of safety and those levels depend on the situation they are in and the decisions they make in those situations, we can better train them to use their instincts, intuition, and even fear as safety tools. This is an easy way to explain to our children how to trust these instincts.

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