1. Teach your child to never accept cand or gifts from a stranger.
2. Adults should not be asking kids for help: with directions, finding a lost animal, to mail a letter, etc.
3. Explain the importance of reporting any strange person or incident with both a trusted adult and the police.
4. Explain "yell and tell." Children should yell if anyone tries to touch them. The should then tell a trusted adult or the police.
5. Teach your child to memorize their address or phone number, and never share that information with a stranger.
6. Talk to them about "good strangers", like police officers, firemen, and teachers.
7. Point out your "meeting place", should your family get separated somewhere. When in a store, always meet at the cash registers.
8. Familiarize your children with the homes in the neighborhood they can go to for help.
9. Teach them to go back inside the school if anyone other than expected shows up to give them a ride, this may include a neighbor or family member. Most abducted children are taken by family members or acquaintances.
10. Children should not wear clothing with their name on it, for example, sports jerseys.
11. Explain to your child that adults may lie and even try to trick them to go with them, such as "your mom is in the hospital, come with me."
12. Explain to your child if they dial "911", they will be speaking with the real police.
13. Tell your children to never tell callers that they are home alone.
14. Tell your children why it is important for you to know where they are at all times.
15. Explain the difference between opening the door, but acknowledging that someone is home. Children can turn the porch light on and off or move a curtain, making appear someone is home. If no one answers the door and they do not see evidence of someone being home, a burglar may try to force their way in.
Courtesy of the Palatine Police Crime Prevention Unit.
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