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Keeping your kids safe is a big job for parents. For most it means safety from bad strangers and others preying on our children.

I take a well rounded approach to stranger danger and expand my classes to cover other “safe kids” topics, too. I reinforce the lessons Mom and Dad emphasize. One subject I also touch upon is bicycle safety. Bike safety includes wearing helmets, riding safely and under control, being seen and wearing shoes.
Why is bicycle safety so important?

The world of household appliances knows no borders. I’m betting that if you walked into every room in your house there would be an appliance in there - even if it were a table lamp.

That’s great in terms of having loads of stuff in your house to make life easier, quicker and more fulfilled -if the ads are to be believed -but some of these appliances can be a hazard in the wrong hands, by which I mean little hands!

Homeschooling is a full-time job, but so is keeping your home and family clean and organized. Homeschooling families have a wonderful opportunity to involve children in the daily cleaning routine. It takes a lot of work to run a household, and it usually takes a family working together to make it run smoothly. (And when I say “family”, I mean “Mom telling everyone else what to do”!). From a young age, children are capable of helping around the house. After all, they make most of the messes, so shouldn’t they be part of cleaning them up? The trick is to find jobs that are compatible with your child’s age and ability, teaching them the correct way to do it (and you sometimes have to teach them several times), and setting up a regular routine with clear expectations.

When it’s time for kids to go to sleep, it’s amazing how creative they can become in trying to find ways to stay awake and out of their room. Now that the beginning of the school year is right around the corner, it’s always a challenge to push back the bedtime that has steadily crept up later and later during summer break. It may be difficult at first to get kids back on schedule, but with some creative strategies and a firm resolve, kids will be going to bed without hassle by the time school begins.

Katherine was a 19 year old freshman at large university out west. She was a busy young person who wanted to become an engineer when she graduated. She worked partime in an establishment near campus to take care of her extra expenses. She routinely withdrew extra cash from an ATM machine near the college campus.

There were usually other students near the machine checking on their finances. She heard that ATMs in the area were dangerous for people withdrawing money. There was always news of a robbery or assault nearby. She thought to herself, it only takes a few minutes to withdraw money so what could happen.