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Home › Articles › Toddler Safety › Your Child's Strongest Ally:

Your Child's Strongest Ally:

You!

By Catrina M. Dickens

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mom with child Take preventive measures: don't buy items that display your child's name. It can give an abductor an advantage by enabling him to address your child by her name and allay her fears. If you drop your child off at day care, make sure his caregivers know that your child is to be released only to you at the end of the day.

Be careful not to let safety precautions turn into paranoia. It is important not to communicate hysteria or excessive fear. There are many active ways parents can make children participants in their own safety without scaring them. A caregiver can talk to them about who a police officer is and what he does. The docents at a museum or security officers at the mall are also authority figures a parent can point out to a child.

Explain the whys of safety and incorporate the explanations as well as the behavior into your daily routine. Just as you tell your child, "Don't touch the stove -- it's hot, and you'll hurt yourself," tell her, "Hold Mommy's hand so that you don't get lost." Remember, you are your child's strongest and most powerful ally --you protect her from herself and others


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