Eight Safety Strategies To Teach Children About Strangers

1.Help your children identify which stranger they can trust, such as a policeman, a mom with other kids, a store manager, or a security guard.

2.Identify Unsafe Places Internet chat rooms aren’t the only unsafe areas for children. Teach your children that any location that’s isolated like the backyard woods, parking lots, or dark street ways should not be entered alone.

 3.Adults asking for help It’s important to teach your kids that adults will not turn to a child for help.

4. It’s okay to say no most children are taught to respect and obey grown-ups. It’s important you give your children permission to yell “No!” if someone tries to touch or grab them.

5.Create a family secret code word select an easy to remember, yet obscure, password like, their favorite color, that the a person must know in order to pick them up.

6.Empower your kids to be rude often times, children are afraid to be rude to adults because they are afraid to talk back to an authority figure. Teach your kids that safety overrules manners.

7. Perpetrators are less likely to approach children who are in a group or with another child.

8. Identify safe places your child can go if they need help.

Eight facts About E-Books for Children

1.39% of children read from computer screens or laptops everyday.

2.Today’s children prefer computer devices over regular books.

3.Nearly 50% of all children have some type of computer device at home.

4.Girls are more likely to read from a book than boys.

5.Girls are more likely to read in general more than boys.

6. One reason children prefer e-books is because they are more stimulating.

7.Print books are better for literacy building when compared to e-books.

8. Your child’s e-book will have to be updated every couple of years.

Eight Things To Teach Children About Money

1.Money doesn't grow on trees you have to work to get it.

2.Create a budget to keep track of spending.

3.Don’t buy everything that you see or want.

4.It won’t hurt to control your spending.

5.Saving can be fun because you see how your money grows.

6.It’s nothing wrong with having a wish list of things you would like to buy.

7.Consider getting them a bank account.

8.Teach them how to donate or share their money.