7 Tips for When Your Child Stays Home Alone
Ways to Keep Your Child Safe When Home Alone
As parents, we never want to leave our children home alone, but sometimes it is unavoidable. Here are a few basics to keep in mind when your child must be home alone.
1. Discuss any fears your child might have. Start by talking to your child honestly about how they feel about being home alone. Your child’s fears may be calmed with information about simple safety procedures in the house, such as locked windows and doors. Sometimes it’s the unknown that frightens a child. If your child knows he or she won’t have to answer the door or the telephone, that may be enough to put their mind at ease. That’s why it’s so important to get to the bottom of your child’s fear by discussing what’s behind it.
