Universal Kempo Karate Schools Association

Child Safety & Awareness - #5

Seven Ways to Protect Your Children

What could be more important than the safety of our children? To protect your child, think of the outside world as a jungle and your child as prey. The predator will be looking for the young and unattended! Here are some basic life-saving tips for us as parents to be more aware of:

Make sure your child knows their phone number and address and are able to write it.
Never….ever…..did I mention the word never…..leave your child in a car alone. Would you leave $5000.00 in a bag on your seat while you run into a store to get something? How much is your child worth? Priceless? Exactly!
Your child should never answer or open the door, even when you are at home. They will do what they are used to doing. This also applies to the phone. They should never answer the phone if they do not recognize the phone number of the person calling. A predator can find out who is home and when very easily!
Never allow your child to go alone to a public restroom without an adult. Don’t be lazy with your child’s safety and innocence!
Don’t think giving your children cell phones will protect them. Cell phones are nothing more than communicators… they are not weapons that will help in abductions or being molested.
Is your child eating healthy? It is your responsibility as a parent to provide proper nutrition for your child. If I bought you the car of your dreams, wouldn’t you put the best gas in it?
Take stock of your child….are they overweight? Take this seriously. Again, it is your obligation as a parent to make sure proper nutrition and exercise are maintained. This is not a vanity issue, but a health issue.

Here’s the tough one….are you, as a parent, the role model that you want your child to become like? They will do what they see as examples, not what you say!

In the final analysis, it is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves; that will make them safe and successful human beings.

The Instructors of Universal Kempo-Karate Schools Association take our obligations as a parents and as professional martial arts instructors very seriously...we have confidence that you as parents feel the same way!

Assistant Professor Garland R. Johnson
www.universalkempo.com

This page last updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 0:19