That
school is our children’s second home is stating the obvious. A couple of very
strange and unpleasant experiences awaits our children at school every day and
they mostly run into these things unarmed. As parent, it’s your responsibility
to ensure that your children are safe at school. It’s imperative to comprehend
that certain disguised threats in school can effortlessly rob your child of
intrinsic willingness to study, and so, keeping an eye on these threats is
however crucial.
It can be a terrible experience for a child to be
in trouble when mom isn’t there to provide the usual shield. Your kid may not
be as flippant as narrating his humiliations in school every day, but, have you
ever probed the quality of care you’ve been leaving him with? It’s however true
that you can’t always be there to provide the needed protection, but here are
rewarding ways you can keep your kids safe in school.
1. Ask probing questions about
his day
Asking
probing questions about your child’s day can reveal quite on time, vital
informations that will enable you impede the prevalence of unpleasant realities. Despite their negative experiences in
school, some children flings them to the wind as soon as their day in school is over.
There exist also, children with uncommon ability to comment on every event that
took place in school without being asked. If your child falls into this
category, fine!
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2. Ensure your kids can recite your contact information unaided
In
order to keep your child safe at school, it’s vital to ensure that he
is well capable of providing your contact information unaided. Some emergencies demands
contacting a child’s parent without any waste of time and your child’s ability
to provide your contact information will certainly impede the prevalence of unpleasant situation. A
child must know his full name, his or her parent’s phone number and address.
Nonetheless, knowing his full name and your
contact information isn’t enough, a child must be able to make available these
informations without contacting his school bag, ensure he crams them. Also,
providing your child a cell phone can go a long way in keeping him safe in school.
He should be made to understand that the actual reason of giving him the cell
phone is to enable him reach you as swift as possible if he gets into any
trouble.
3. Be properly acquainted with
the safety arrangements of your child’s school
A
stitch in time saves nine. Acquaintance with the safety and emergency arrangements of
your child’s school can help nip expected and unexpected negative occurrences
in the bud. Ask probing questions in order to reap satisfactory answers about involvement of the
state security in the security arrangement of the school. Sniff around the
entire safety plans and know how safe your child is.
4. Monitor your child’s
interaction on social media
If
your child’s school fall into the category of schools who provides access to internet, inquire of the schools protections regarding
their pupil’s/student’s use of the internet. It’s important for them to monitor
student’s use of the internet as well as denying student’s access to corrupt
websites. Ensure you discuss this with the authority of your child’s school.
Most children may sincerely discuss their activities online with their parent, but what exactly will eventually become of those who lies constantly about what they've been doing online? Frankly, it’s imperative to inquire of the protection arrangements in your child's school.
Most children may sincerely discuss their activities online with their parent, but what exactly will eventually become of those who lies constantly about what they've been doing online? Frankly, it’s imperative to inquire of the protection arrangements in your child's school.
5. Don’t write your child’s name
anywhere around him
Writing
your child’s name on his uniform, school bag, or even pinning it on his cloth
is such a dangerous thing to do. Terrific abductors can take advantage of
this and call a child by his name in order to get his attention and consequently
lie to him about being your friend. It’s very possible for a child to be
vulnerable to this temptation and consequently succumb to the antics of
abductors. As a rule, don’t write your child’s name anywhere around him.
6. Acquaint your child with resistance strategies
It’s
however essential to be cautious about what you teach a child today, because he
will never depart from it. As kids, we received conflicting advice from our
parents regarding troubles in school. Our mom instructed us to always run away
from trouble, she even took a stern stand against fights and retaliations quite
like some mothers (presumably). On the contrary, Dad was always
instructing us to repel attacks from our peers by threatening them and even
putting up a fight if need be.
As we grew,
i discovered that Dad was right. He taught us not to pick up fights with
innocent people except people who try to invade us. In my personal observation,
the troublesome students took notice of our forte in repelling invasions and
avoided us like a plague while others who preferred running for cover were made a
permanent target. Teach your child to repel attacks from his peers instead of always running for cover.
Even adults avoid
fellow adult who doesn’t blink in the face of trouble. I know of a couple of
friends who where always running for cover then, today, they’ve all grown,
married with kids, yet, they are still running for cover whenever they find
themselves in trouble. You can’t do these to your child.
Ensuring the safety of your kids while in school is one of your many indebtedness regarding them. The gains of their safety will range from shielding their focus against unnecessary interruptions to overwhelming academic success.
