Contents:
- Medical Video: Don't Allow Your Life To Be Controlled By These 5 Things
- Steps to monitor the child so as not to lose when traveling to public places
- 1. Give understanding to children
- 2. Make a travel plan
- 3. Use the child with something striking
- 4. Always take photos of your child
- What to do if your child is lost in a public place
Medical Video: Don't Allow Your Life To Be Controlled By These 5 Things
For couples who are married, a holiday is the right moment to spend with family. Some of them spend their holidays at home or plan to go out, for example to tourist attractions or malls. When you take your child out of the house, you need extra attention. Why? Children are easily attracted to the environment around them and can be separated from your supervision. In order to avoid these events, see how to monitor children like the following.
Steps to monitor the child so as not to lose when traveling to public places
Losing a child while traveling outside the home for all parents is a nightmare. Fear and worry continue to ambush until the child returns to your arms. The key to keeping children safe and not lost in public places is that children must continue to be under your supervision. In order to avoid this, Pam Myers, BSeD in Child Development Info provides the following tips.
1. Give understanding to children
Children must know the basic information about themselves if one day the child gets lost. This is done so that security or police officers are easy to bring children together with you. Some things that need to be known by children include:
- Full Name
- Age
- The name of the original parent, not the call "father" or "mother"
- Area of residence
- Memorize the landline number, if the child has started to recognize numbers, usually children aged 5 to 7 years.
Not only information about him, you also have to tell the child other rules while traveling out. For example, always hold it so it doesn't separate in a crowded place or you can carry it if possible. For a large play area such as a park or beach, give a limit to the playing area for children, as well as safe places to play for him.
Then, tell the child not to accept something or to follow strangers who are not yet known. Also teach children to ask for help from adults, such as security officers when separated from their parents.
2. Make a travel plan
Before traveling, you should make a plan first. This includes determining the destination, who are the family members who participated, the transportation used, and what benefits the child obtained from the holiday.
By planning and preparing for your preparation, you can avoid the occurrence of unwanted events, including losing your child in a public place.
3. Use the child with something striking
In the midst of the crowd, there will be many people passing by. Therefore, wearing something striking, such as brightly colored clothes, doll backpacks, hats, or other accessories makes it easy for you to monitor your children while finding them among many people.
You can also provide identification that is hung or linked to your child's bag, making it easier for officers to find it in the crowd.
4. Always take photos of your child
Always carrying photos, be it a wallet or on a cellphone, is very useful if one day the child is lost from your supervision. Especially if you have time to take photos of children on that day so that the colors of clothes and accessories used by children can be clearly illustrated. Showing the photo to the clerk and the people around makes it easier for you in the search process.
What to do if your child is lost in a public place
The first thing you have to master is self-control and staying calm. Return to the place that you passed before and look for places that are likely to attract children's attention.
For example, a doll or toy store, a fountain, near a pond, or a place for children his age to gather. If within a minute of searching, you cannot find it, immediately ask for help from employees or security officers. Explain the situation, characteristics of the child, and things that are liked that might attract his attention.
