Safety "Tips for Grade Schoolers"

Now that you are in school, meeting new friends, and learning a bit of the world without Mom and Dad always being with you, here are some safety tips just for you.

  • Always tell your parents where you will be.
  • Travel in groups or with a buddy. There is safety in numbers.
  • If you see someone hanging around the schoolyard or the park, tell your parents. Learn to give a good description — is the person tall or short, dark or light, colour of eyes and hair. If this person is driving, the license number or make and model of the car.
  • Do not travel in dark and lonely places.
  • Do not accept job offers, rides or gifts from a stranger. Even if you know the person, do not go with them unless you first tell your parents and let the person know that your parents know.
  • Do not take dares to go into lonely places or remote areas. It is not cool — it is dangerous.
  • It is no fun to run away from home — it can be dangerous. There is nothing so terrible that you cannot tell your parents or someone else you trust.

 
  • Do not answers the door if you are ever home alone, or do not tell anyone that you will be alone.
  • If someone persists in calling or trying to get into your home, call the police at once at 911.
  • Do not go up to people in cars who ask for directions. Stay away from the vehicle, tell them you don’t know and walk away quickly. Adults should not be asking for directions.
  • Just like when you were taught when you were younger, if someone touches you in a way that feels bad “yell and tell”. It is your body and nobody has a right to make you feel bad, even if it is a relative or friend. TELL and keep telling until somebody believes you. Remember — YOU did nothing wrong.
  • Do not go with strangers even if they are dressed like policemen. Insist on running home first. Do you have a “code word” like when you were a Tot?
  • Do not believe people who promise to make you a TV star or a famous sports hero. Tell your parents if somebody does and let them check it out.

Remember: If your parents don’t believe you, tell your teacher or someone you trust.