Back To School Safety Tips

Back to school is just around the corner. Parents should be aware of the dangers that surround children during this time of year and how to keep them safe.   Safety should be on everyone’s mind whether your child is walking, riding the bus, or being driven to school.

Here are tips from the National Safety Council:

1. Use Caution During School Times:

While driving slow down and share the roads with school buses, cyclists, and pedestrians.  Educate your children with the necessary knowledge to stay safe, such as, watching for cars, buses, and reporting suspicious vehicles.

2. Safe Send Off:

Many common injuries can easily be prevented. Run through these safety topics with your children before the school year begins.

• Backpack safety
• Playground safety
• Concussion risk from sports
• Tips for a safe bus ride
• Head up, phone down

3. Teen Drivers:

The number of crashes among teenagers drastically increases in the month of September as they head back to school.  For the best ways to keep them safe learn more here.

4. Stranger Danger:

Review with your children everything they need to know about strangers.  Teach them to never take anything from a stranger or go anywhere with a stranger under any circumstances. Instruct them to scream and run in the opposite direction.

Have a happy and safe school year.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

Benjamin Franklin

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