Safety Tips For Supevison of Children

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SAFETY TIPS FOR SUPERVISION OF CHILDREN

•Trust your instincts. "Perception and not worry is what serves safety". (de Becker, 1999)
•Don't let young male children go into a men's public restroom by themselves.
•Be cautious about who you allow to baby-sit or spend time alone with your children. Get references. Try to bathe and dress your own children. Routinely quiz your children about what happens while you are gone. Ask questions like "What did you do that was fun?", or "Was there anything that happened while I was gone that worried you or that I should know about?" Don't always tell your children to mind the babysitter, avoid having young male babysitters.
•Get to know the people and homes where your children play.
•Periodically check your children, especially when they are playing with other kids in your home. If you know that one of your children's friends has been sexually abused, be more attentive to their play time.
•Don't let your children walk or ride their bike to school or a friend's home alone. Children should travel in groups or with an adult.
•Know your neighbors. Develop a Neighborhood Watch or Block House program.
•Supervise all Internet activities closely. Consider subscribing to an ISP that screens for obscenity or pornography. Make a "family agreement" about conversations before allowing your children to go into "chat rooms". Children should never give out their phone number, address or school name to anyone they meet over the net. Periodically, ask your children to see the kinds of "chat room" conversations that take place. Warn them about "What lurks" on the net.
•Develop the kind of relationship that would allow your child to come to you for help or support for any kind of problem they might need help with, for themselves or a friend.

Cory Jewell Jensen

Center For Behavioral Intervention

Beaverton, OR 97005

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