MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS KNOW!

1. How to call 911 or "0" in emergencies, and how to use a public phone. Help them practice making emergency phone calls. Be sure emergency numbers–police, fire, poison control and emergency medical–are by all phones.
2. Their full name, address, and phone number (including the area code), plus your work phone number. If you have a cellular phone and/or beeper, teach your children these numbers as well.
3. How to walk confidently and stay alert to what’s going on around them. To walk and play with friends, not alone.
4. To refuse rides or gifts from anyone, unless it’s someone both you and your child know and trust.
5. To tell a trusted adult immediately if anyone, no matter whom, touches them in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable.