Bicycle Safety Most importantly, teach your child about driveway safety. Take your child to a stopsign and explain practise riding along a straight paint line while scanning http://www.safety-council.org/info/child/bicycle.htm
Extractions: Starting out Common dangers Driveway rideout Running the stop sign ... Head injuries Make sure your child's bike and helmet are the right size. He or she should be able to straddle the bike with both feet on the ground; a bike that is too big or too small is a safety hazard. Ten-speed bikes are not a good idea because small hands often cannot make the handbrakes work. Buy a bike with a coaster brake. As a minimum, your child's first bike should be equipped with a bell and reflectors. For young children, set the following hard and fast rules:
FBI Publications - A Parent's Guide To Internet Safety Helpful tips for parents to protect their children from pornography and online dangers.Category Society Crime Sex Offenses child Pornography safety on the Information Highway and Teen safety on the Communicate, and talk toyour child about sexual victimization Spend time with your children online. http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm
Extractions: A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety Dear Parent: Our children are our Nation's most valuable asset. They represent the bright future of our country and hold our hopes for a better Nation. Our children are also the most vulnerable members of society. Protecting our children against the fear of crime and from becoming victims of crime must be a national priority. Unfortunately the same advances in computer and telecommunication technology that allow our children to reach out to new sources of knowledge and cultural experiences are also leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and harm by computer-sex offenders. I hope that this pamphlet helps you to begin to understand the complexities of on-line child exploitation. For further information, please contact your local FBI office or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. Louis J. Freeh, Former Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Introduction There are other individuals, however, who immediately engage in sexually explicit conversation with children. Some offenders primarily collect and trade child-pornographic images, while others seek face-to-face meetings with children via on-line contacts. It is important for parents to understand that children can be indirectly victimized through conversation, i.e. "chat," as well as the transfer of sexually explicit information and material. Computer-sex offenders may also be evaluating children they come in contact with on-line for future face-to-face contact and direct victimization. Parents and children should remember that a computer-sex offender can be any age or sex the person does not have to fit the caricature of a dirty, unkempt, older man wearing a raincoat to be someone who could harm a child.
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Extractions: Internet safety tips While on-line computer exploration offers many new opportunities to children, there are individuals who attempt to sexually exploit children through the use of the Internet. By knowing the warning signs that your child may be at risk, and knowing safety tips for on-line activity, you can protect your child from these predators. What Are Signs That Your Child Might Be At Risk On-line? bodyOffer(25079) Your child spends large amounts of time on-line, especially at night. Most children that fall victim to computer-sex offenders spend large amounts of time on-line, particularly in chat rooms. They may go on-line after dinner and on the weekends and stay on for long periods of time. They may argue or complain when asked to get off line. You find pornography on your child's computer. Pornography is often used in the sexual victimization of children. Sex offenders often supply their potential victims with pornography as a means of opening sexual discussions and for seduction. Child pornography may be used to show the child victim that sex between children and adults is "normal." Your child receives phone calls from people you don't know or is making calls, sometimes long distance, to numbers you don't recognize.
Extractions: As parents, we can never do enough to keep our children safe. Just when you think you have covered every aspect of safety, something happens to make you rethink your safety measures. Since June is National Safety Month, we thought we would provide you with some very important child safety tips, from StopSexOffenders.com . Nothing is as precious as the life of a child... your child. "Latch-key" children need to know some basic safety rules. These children go home from school or camp to an empty house because their parents work full-time. If your child has no one to stay with while you're not home, try to designate a "safe house" nearby... a neighbor's house where they can go if they don't feel safe at home. If they go home and have a feeling that something isn't right, for ie: if they think they are being followed, or if the door to their house is ajar, let them know they should not go inside. Better safe than sorry. Do not put your child's name on the outside of any article of clothing, school bags, books, or other items. Strangers looking to abduct a child may use this "free" information to establish a conversation with your child. When this happens, the "stranger" is no longer a stranger to the child, because his/her guard has been weakened. If you must label their clothing, do so on the inside where no one can see it.
Child Safety Tips 4. Stay on the line with the 911 operator until they It is important to teach yourchild not to District have teamed up to provide child safety tips through http://www.ci.san-carlos.ca.us/is/display/0,1124,deptid-18_isid-321,00.html
Extractions: Fax: (650) 595-3049 As part of our ongoing effort to prevent crime in the community, members of the San Carlos Police Department have developed a series of educational presentations. These presentations are made to service clubs, schools and community groups in San Carlos. To expand the usefulness of this material, we are now bringing this material to the Internet. We hope you find helpful and of interest.
Safe Kids Home Page (1) Featured Article Browser Golf A Game to teach Kids to Surf More Information. OtherOnline child safety Sites Advice from other experts. CyberTipLine. http://www.safekids.com/SKPowerpt/
Extractions: Internet Safety Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice CEOS of the U.S. Department of Justices Criminal Division has supervisory responsibility for Federal statutes covering obscenity, child exploitation, child sexual abuse, activities under the Mann Act, sex tourism, missing and abducted children, and child support recovery. The CEOS Web site includes safety tips for children and parents and instructions for reporting child pornography on the Internet. It also includes information on topics such as investigating and prosecuting child exploitation, international aspects of child exploitation, child exploitation statutes and legislation, and law enforcement coordination of child exploitation crimes. Customs Cyber-Smuggling Center (C-3), U.S. Customs Service, Office of Investigations
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Extractions: Internet Safety Awareness Child Predators TheGuardianAngel.com as seen on KABC TV 7 In the News By: Paul Hook (Part VI of this series) One of the most discussed issues in Internet Safety today is child safety and child predators, and understandably so. Statistics show clearly that children are targeted at a much higher rate than adults. This weeks article is targeted at, once again, Internet Safety Awareness because awareness, understanding, and responsible implementation of safety practices are of paramount importance. There is no cure like prevention, and proper understanding, preparation, and communication can curtail a large percentage of the occurrences of predatory acts being carried out against kids on the Internet. Two Camps There appears to be two camps among the organizations on the Internet. We dont want to knock either of these two camps but we need a take a moment to explain why both sides are valid, but there is balance that can be achieved that just makes sense. One camp will cite the numbers of kids that are being targeted and made the victims of pedophiles and child pornographers, from a very alarmist standpoint. They would tell you that you must never, ever, for any reason, allow your kids to supply personal information of any kind to anyone on-line.
Extractions: I had to make this issue of Empowered Parenting a two-parter. This section I'd say is required reading for any adult who cares about youngsters on the internet. I received this recently and wanted to share it with you. Please pass it on. I have teeny bopper and full-fledged teen grandchildren who are often online so this message struck a cord with me. Please read, Parents.
Sheffield City Council's Internet Safety a shorter version of the leaflet 'Internet safety', available here computer but beup front with your child about access Spend time with your children online. http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/services/education/safety/
Extractions: Internet Leafet has a PDF On-line computer exploration opens a world of possibilities but it can also expose users to danger from sex offenders and other pests who use the Internet to snare the unwary. Everyone needs to realise that a computer-sex offender can be any age or sex - the person does not have to fit the stereotype of a dirty, unkempt, older man wearing a raincoat to be someone who could harm you. There are things we can all do to to keep ourselves safe. The information on this page is a shorter version of the leaflet 'Internet Safety', available here as a pull down file (.pdf). The leaflet is mainly aimed at parents, but has hints and tips everyone should know.
Safety Scene De Becker's bottom line is this teach children that if they are If your child islost in a shopping center it is important to impart this safety message. http://www.eurekapd.org/thegift.htm
Extractions: 'Never Talk to Strangers' is a safety lesson that De Becker believes is incorrect. He advises parents to teach children to talk to strangers. Here is why. If your child is ever lost in public, the ability to talk to strangers is actually the single greatest asset he or she could have. To seek assistance, to describe one's situation, to give a phone number, to ask advice, to say Noall these interactions with adults require the child to speak with strangers. Talking is talking. What parents really want to avoid is children going somewhere with a stranger. This is the important rule to teach.
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Extractions: Hargrove's Fables are teaching tools. In the words of the author- "The Echo and The Pixie has proven valuable in helping adults teach children what they most need to know to avoid or escape abuse of any sort and it does it in a way that doesn't alarm them." 'The Smokebubble Robot' and 'The Wonderful Ball' have other lessons to teach. Most of us at one time or another have had colds or the flu, and we are especially vulnerable during the cold and flu season. The symptoms fever, congestion, coughing, sore throat spread through offices, schools and homes, no matter where in the world we live. Colds and flu (influenza) are caused by viruses. Viruses are responsible for many other serious, often deadly, diseases including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Ebola hemorrhagic fever, infectious hepatitis and herpes. How can viruses cause so much trouble? What makes us so vulnerable to them, and what makes them spread?
Teach Your Kids About 911 When your child calls 91-1, they should also know You should teach them to Tellthe operator what the Stay on the line with the 911 operator until they are http://www.fostercity.org/Services/safety/police/kids911.cfm
Extractions: The Foster City Police Department Communications Center receives approximately 15,000 9-1-1 calls each year. A large percentage of these calls are either misdials or disconnects, often from children playing with the phone. Handling these calls can sometimes interfere with the dispatcher's handling of real emergencies. It is important that parents educate their children in the use of the telephone, particularly 9-1-1, at an early age. They need to understand that the telephone is not a toy, but also that it is okay to call 9-1-1 for help when they need police, fire or medical help. If you are teaching your children about 9-1-1, we suggest that you consider the following: First, it is important that your child be taught their address and telephone number. Secondly, make sure your child can physically reach at least one telephone. Wall mounted telephones can be unreachable for really small children. Discuss with your child any situations that may be unique to them. This could include an elderly live-in relative; younger sibling; or any other unique factor that the child might encounter.
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Extractions: On April 1, 1982 New York State's first child passenger restraint law went into effect. In 1985, New York State's mandatory seat belt law was enacted. The seat belt law includes mandatory use of a federally-approved child safety seat for children under four years of age. The focus of this page is on Child Safety Seats. For information about seat belts and air bags, please visit our Research Child Safety Seats Nationally, motor vehicle crashes continue to be the leading cause of injury-related death among children age 14 and under. Riding unrestrained is the greatest risk factor for death and injury among child occupants of motor vehicles. Approximately 40% of children age four and under ride unrestrained. In the Spring of 1998, the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research (ITSMR) and Fact Finders, Inc. conducted a survey of New York State licensed drivers . They found that only 89.9% of children under the age of four were always restrained. The following table summarizes the results of the child safety seat portion of the survey.
Parental Resources & Internet Safety Tips to meet with a person they meet online, ensure that and reviewed to determine ifthe child is using else, parental supervision is the key to Internet safety. http://www.hendersonville-pd.org/PreventionTips/InternetSafety.html
Extractions: Internet Safety (A Parent's Guide) Please check out the links at the bottom of this page. They are very good Parental Resources. GUIDELINES FOR COMPUTER SAFETY Talk to your children about their use of computers and discuss the dangers. Ask them to teach you how to operate a computer. Take a computer course yourself. Know the capabilities of your computer ... a modem can connect your children to any kind of information and all types of people. Internet Service Providers can provide a filtered or unfiltered feed. This filtered feed will not allow access to the majority of sex-related newsgroups ... "It is not foolproof." Learn how to access the Internet Service Provider Home Page to determine the number of computer hours used per month on your account ... Accounts can be set up so each individual family member has their own access codes and separate records. There are software packages available at computer software stores that can block access to sites. Computers can be addicting. Limit time allotted on a computer. Watch to see if a child is withdrawing from friends and family. Do not allow a computer to be placed in a bedroom or other isolated room, so activities can be easily monitored.
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Extractions: Hopkins Welcoming Schools School Readiness 48 Month Check List Communication My Child can: I can teach my child by: Things I may need to help me teach Says sentences that are 3 or 4 words long. Example "Grandma comes to my house." Naming things my child plays with, holds or uses throughout the day. ability to take child to new place, books and variety of toys Understands the words, "on," "off," "under," "up," and "down." Using these words to describe where your child is going and what your child is doing. Spending time with my child Can tell me what is happening in pictures. Looking at and reading books everyday and letting your child "read" to you. Books Says both first and last name when asked. Using your childs first and last name frequently and letting practice saying them. Spending time with my child. Points correctly to 7 body parts. Name body parts as child gets dressed or bathes. Books, music or songs about the body 48 Months Gross Motor Skills My Child can: I can teach my child by: Things I may need to help me teach Swings her legs when she kicks a ball.
