Children can be in many situations where they place themselves in danger, or are threatened by someone else. Children can recognise danger and use avoidance to keep safe. We will show you the basics of avoidance.
Understanding 'Danger' can help make you safe and secure.
When you are in the playground, at home, School, or playing with your friends, it is very important that you know how to make safe decisions.
This little article will help you think about security for your safety. Please keep reading and learning!
'Let's Learn About Danger'
What is Danger?
Danger:
It can be when you are about to walk down a lonely and quiet ally-way, or take a short cut through some bush land or park, then this is called Danger. What you need to do is learn how to make a decision that helps you make the danger go away.
Many dangers are around every day. You may have felt scared because you did something or went somewhere unsafe sometime. That is because you put yourself in Danger.
When you are in danger, then you can be hurt, lost - or worse.
'You need to know what danger is'
'Types of Danger'
There are many dangers that you need to know. When you know different dangers, then you can avoid them, and make decisions that can lessen them.
Some Dangers:
• Walking through a bush/wooded area alone = Danger
• Walking through a school when it is very early, late, or on the weekends (when it is closed) = Danger
• Accepting a ride from a stranger
• Going anywhere with a stranger
• Walking anywhere that 'bullies' may be
'You need to make the safe choice'
• Going anywhere without your parents knowing where you are
• Being home alone and not locking the doors and windows
• Walking across a busy road and not using the correct cross walk
• Being out at night alone
• Not staying with your parents in busy places like shopping malls and theme parks etc
• Touching dogs or animals that are not yours
• Being anywhere or speaking to any one the makes you feel uncomfortable
• Taking the wrong bus from school
• Not locking your bike when you leave it anywhere
• Not locking your school locker
• Going to anyone's house that your parents have not approved.
• When someone gives you a 'weapon' of any kind to hold
There are many other Dangers which you may come across.
'How to deal with Danger'
(How to make a safer choice)
When you are about to do anything that may be a Danger, you need to make a safer choice. How you make that choice is to know what the Danger is. For example: You are thinking of taking a short cut through a bush/wooded area on the way home from school.
1. 'STOP'
You must stop!
2. 'THINK!' - Is this dangerous (YES!) and why?
3. 'AVOID!' - I will not take this route, I will find a safer way.
When you are in the playground, at home, School, or playing with your friends, it is very important that you know how to make safe decisions.
This little article will help you think about security for your safety. Please keep reading and learning!
'Let's Learn About Danger'
What is Danger?
Danger:
It can be when you are about to walk down a lonely and quiet ally-way, or take a short cut through some bush land or park, then this is called Danger. What you need to do is learn how to make a decision that helps you make the danger go away.
Many dangers are around every day. You may have felt scared because you did something or went somewhere unsafe sometime. That is because you put yourself in Danger.
When you are in danger, then you can be hurt, lost - or worse.
'You need to know what danger is'
'Types of Danger'
There are many dangers that you need to know. When you know different dangers, then you can avoid them, and make decisions that can lessen them.
Some Dangers:
• Walking through a bush/wooded area alone = Danger
• Walking through a school when it is very early, late, or on the weekends (when it is closed) = Danger
• Accepting a ride from a stranger
• Going anywhere with a stranger
• Walking anywhere that 'bullies' may be
'You need to make the safe choice'
• Going anywhere without your parents knowing where you are
• Being home alone and not locking the doors and windows
• Walking across a busy road and not using the correct cross walk
• Being out at night alone
• Not staying with your parents in busy places like shopping malls and theme parks etc
• Touching dogs or animals that are not yours
• Being anywhere or speaking to any one the makes you feel uncomfortable
• Taking the wrong bus from school
• Not locking your bike when you leave it anywhere
• Not locking your school locker
• Going to anyone's house that your parents have not approved.
• When someone gives you a 'weapon' of any kind to hold
There are many other Dangers which you may come across.
'How to deal with Danger'
(How to make a safer choice)
When you are about to do anything that may be a Danger, you need to make a safer choice. How you make that choice is to know what the Danger is. For example: You are thinking of taking a short cut through a bush/wooded area on the way home from school.
1. 'STOP'
You must stop!
2. 'THINK!' - Is this dangerous (YES!) and why?
3. 'AVOID!' - I will not take this route, I will find a safer way.
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