Teach children escape skills to save themselves

The heartbreaking death of a first-grade boy, a student at Gateway International School, being trapped on a school shuttle, made everyone panic and frightened the mother. Danger and rare accidents are always stalking our children in all situations and locations.

Our baby is born and raised in love and hope. When something unfortunate happens that jeopardizes the safety of a baby, many parents blame themselves for why we don't try to equip their children with the necessary skills for their children to be able to do so. save me before being saved by others.

There may be many parents who think their children's age is very young, unable to absorb information about fire escape skills, escape skills when stuck in a car or other accidents, but above The reality is different. The sooner you expose your child to hypothetical situations, the more likely they develop and develop their thinking and self-protective skills.

Therefore, teaching your children escape skills in many situations is essential. aFamilyToday Health offers a few suggestions, invite you to consult.

How to get rid of a car that is stuck?

In this situation, you can show your baby videos of similar situations to give him a more visual observation. At the same time, you should often organize a few hypothetical situations with fun games to give your baby a chance to practice.

Recommended ways to get rid of being stuck in a car are:

Open the car door from the inside

This is only useful when the baby looks through the glass window to see that the space outside the car door is completely empty. In many vehicles, the side door is too heavy, the baby's drag is not enough to move the car door, guide your baby to step quickly to the driver's seat and open the car door there.

Before that, you take every moment to teach your baby how to open the car door from inside. If your family has a car, this is easier. If not, teach your child whenever he can move in a passenger car so that he or she knows how to escape when stuck in a car.

Honk your horn or turn on the emergency lights to draw attention from outside

Although very rare, there have been many unfortunate consequences that happened when an adult outside did not notice the emergency signal of a baby trapped in the car. Similar to how to open the car door from the inside, take every opportunity to teach your baby where the horn is, where the emergency lights are and how to make them work.

With the car horn, even though the car is turned off and there is no key, the horn is still working thanks to the power directly from the Accu. If your child is stuck in the car, get on the steering wheel, press your hand in the center of the steering wheel so that the sirens make a sound that attracts the attention of outside people.

Emergency lights are similar to car horns, the lights are always ready to operate all day thanks to the Accu power supply. The triangle icon on the cockpit tablo is where the child must click to turn on the emergency light. Turn on the lights in combination with honking to let the outside know that the child is stuck in the car for timely rescue.

Use the escape hammer to smash the windows of the car

Car escape hammer will be "amulet" for both children and adults in emergency situations. However, because of the factors related to the consciousness of the user, many vehicles are only equipped with escape hammers to deal with the authorities. The most common situation is not equipping the required quantity or squeezing the hammer too tightly against the side of the vehicle, making it difficult for passengers to remove. 

What will your baby do when faced with that situation? Try to guide your child to find something in the car similar to an escape hammer to smash the windows and get out. If your child is at school, manual scissors may be available in his bag. At that time, the baby should take the scissors and cut the chain of the emergency hammer to get the hammer to hit the car door.

Although the vehicle's escape hammer is very small in size, it is designed to concentrate the force on the sharp end. The baby only needs to use little force, beat continuously in one place, the car glass will quickly break. Most of the car glass is tempered glass, so when broken, it will not hurt or hurt.

The skill of escaping danger in the elevator 

Usually, babies will ride the elevator with adults, but there are also babies who can ride the elevator by themselves. Most of us have never thought of showing where the camera in the elevator is located, how it functions. That is also the reason why children do not know how the camera will help if they encounter bad people and unfavorable situations in the elevator.

Children over 2 years old may wonder, "What is that?" when you see the camera in the elevator. At this point, please explain in detail the role of the camera and do not forget to instruct the child to stand where the camera can see him so that the guardians can see the child through the camera. Meanwhile, if the child is "bullied" in the elevator, the security guard will promptly rescue the child.

If the elevator does not have a camera, teach your child how to make the elevator open fastest is to click on the nearest floor number that the elevator is coming. When the elevator doors open, hurry outside or shout for help.

In the event the elevator gets stuck, you must stay calm. If you panic screaming in the elevator, no one will hear your cries and it will take you even more energy. At this point, you just need to press the bell icon on the control panel. That place will send out a call for help so everyone can help you get out in time.

If you can use the phone, call the emergency numbers usually posted on the lift control panel to seek help.

You can read more: Teach your baby to handle when stuck in an elevator

How to escape when being sexually abused

Child sexual abuse is an "obsession" of many parents. Girls and boys are equally at risk of sexual assault. Unfortunately, parents cannot be with the baby 24/24 to protect the child. The best way you can do it is to instruct your baby to protect himself from bad people.

No one can touch my body if I disagree 

This is the first and important condition when you want to equip your baby with a sense of protecting his body. Also, don't be afraid to talk to your baby about gender, genitals and sensitive areas of the body.

In daily intimacy, parents and adults in the house should not arbitrarily touch sensitive body areas of the child.

Currently, there are many media channels posting many interesting pictures and clips that are close to the children's receptive ability to help children recognize what the genital area is. You can open them to see those videos and images as a way for them to learn while playing.

Seek help when someone is frightening

Please tell your baby when he or she feels scared, the person who can help her is the police uncle, the security guard or some adult with her ... If you feel scared of someone, you should yell grew up or did something else to get the attention of others so they could help.

You can read more: Can you protect yourself from sexual abuse?

What should parents equip their children to limit risks?

In many situations, the parents' careful equipment will play a positive role when the child accidentally falls into unfavorable circumstances. These facilities are usually:

Navigation clock

The most basic function of this device is to always connect the child's signal to the parents' electronic devices so that we know where our children are. In addition, depending on the manufacturer, the locator also incorporates functions to listen, call, emit emergency signals, flashlight ...

Phone

If a parent teaches a child how to actively use it, the smartphone does not bring the baby as much harm as we often worry, but on the contrary, it will help the child quickly connect the signal with the parent. You set your phone number to the emergency call mode and guide your baby how to call parents when needed. 

A small bag has enough information about parents

The parental bag and contact information will be extremely helpful when the baby is lost. It will help people who want to help children in bad situations easily connect with you. This is especially true when you and your baby are about to go away or go to crowded places.

Don't forget to tell your baby that if you happen to get lost from a parent, calm down and seek help. At that time, please stand still in the lost area so that parents can easily find them.

You can read more: Teaching children how to handle lost parents

We cannot fully anticipate the risks and risks that may occur to our children. Even more, we cannot protect them 24/24 when they reach school age and integrate into the outside world. The only thing we can do is try to help your child have a sense of self-protection and know how to practice social skills.

Don't think your child is too young to learn skills. It is never too early or too late to teach your child how to escape in many situations. Get started today, little by little. When needed, it's the little things that are gathered each day that can help children save their own lives before parents arrive.