Safety for Grade School Children

• Always tell your parents where you will be.
• Travel in groups or with a buddy. There is safety in numbers.
• If you see someone hanging around the schoolyard or the park tell your parents. Learn to give a good description - Is the person tall or short, dark or light: colour of eyes and hair, if he/she is driving, make and model of car, and licence number.
• Do not travel in dark and lonely areas.
• Do not accept job offers, rides, or gifts from a stranger. Even if you know the person, do not go with him/her unless you first tell your parents, and let the person know that your parents know.
• Do not take dares to go into lonely places or remote areas.
• It is not fun to run away from home. There is nothing so terrible that you cannot tell your parents.
• Do not answer the door when you are home alone, or tell people that you will be alone.
• If someone persists in calling or trying to get in, call the police at once.
• Do not approach people from cars who ask directions; step back and tell the occupants that you do not know, and walk rapidly away. Adults should not be asking children for directions.
• If someone touches you in a way that makes you feel bad, yell and tell. It is your body and nobody has a right to make you feel bad, even if it is a relative or friend. Tell and keep telling until someone believes you. Remember, you did nothing wrong.
• Do not go with strangers even if they are dressed like policemen. Insist on running home first.
• Do not believe people who promise you a TV or a modelling career. Tell your parents if somebody does.
• If your parents don't believe you, then tell your teacher or someone whom you trust.