Because you and your children are so important to us we have placed a few basic tips to help keep you and your children safe.

• Walk your neighborhood with your children. Show them safe places they can go in an emergency, like a neighbor’s house, a McGruff Safe House, or an open store. Make sure they are taking the safest route to and from school.
• Check your neighborhood for areas that threaten children’s safety.
      Wooded areas.
      High shrubbery.
      Abandoned buildings.
      Bad lighting in certain areas.
• Make sure children know their full name, address, and phone number and how to make an emergency phone call both from home and at public facilities.
• Never leave young children home alone, and older children should know how to reach a parent at all times.
• Thoroughly check the references and background of all daycare and babysitters.
• Talk to your children about stranger danger and good touch bad touch.
• Make your children know they can come to you and tell you anything.
• Always know where your kids are, and whom they are with.
• Set a good example, remember children learn more by example than words.