Who is a “safe adult”?

It’s ok to teach our children to ask for help.

But how do you teach them who is a “safe adult”?

Teach them to recognise a “safe adult” three ways:

1. A mummy or daddy with children

2. A person in uniform with a name badge, who is employed where you are (eg Disneyland, Legoland, the shopping mall)

3. What they do and more importantly, what they don’t do

  • They will stay with you til mummy comes back
  • They won’t tell you to go with them
  • They won’t take you near a car or other vehicle

Things to remember:

Keep repeating the message, so it becomes second nature to your child

Play “spot the safe adult” when you are out and about:

“Who would you go to now if you were lost?”

Children are never too young and never too old to learn about their safety – you just have to adapt the way you put the message across

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