“There is every need to bring your children up to speed with contemporary security tips for their safety while at home. Consulting security experts to conduct a security training for not only them but every member of the family is one ideal strategy to protecting the child at home.”
It was so unfortunate a news the death of Ifeanyi Adeleke, the son of popular singer, Davido and his lover, Chioma.
The circumstances around his death still shatters till today and one can only hope and pray for fortitude for the parents to bear the loss of their three-year-old son.
In respect to that, it is important we beam the light on effective security measures to be taken in seeing to it that children at home are properly secure against dangers.
Conduct In-House Security Training:
There is every need to bring your children up to speed with contemporary security tips for their safety while at home. Consulting security experts to conduct a security training for not only them but every member of the family is one ideal strategy to protecting the child at home.
Keep Some Areas out of Bound, especially lonely or dark areas:
There are some areas in the house you know have items that pose one form of danger or the other for the children because of their inexperience with them, and more so, because of their predisposition to fiddling with strange items. Keeping those areas out of bound is the way to go to ensure that the children are protected beyond harm. Also, dark or lonely areas in the vicinity should also be no-go areas for children due to the high tendency of danger occurring in such places. Examples of places that should be kept out of bound for children except there is a parent or an adult monitoring them are the swimming pool, the kitchen, the gym, bathroom, etc.
Use a Well-Trained Security Personnel
Like we see today, most homes or institutions, when they want to employ a security agent to secure against theft and other form of harms, they go for men that are physically unfit for the position. These men, it has been found, that when they are supposed to be carrying out their duties are busy sleeping because they are tired and need rest. Moreso, armed robbers or other sleek criminals with their evil intent do find it easy to get past these men. This is unlike physically fit men who are well-trained on contemporary security strategies. Those are the experts that should be recruited to secure the home.
Inspect the children’s rooms occasionally
Children are not to be given absolute autonomy. There should be the principle of check and balance here and there for their safety. Children, due to their inexperience and apparent vulnerability, might have their room disorganized to the extent that it poses one form of danger or the other to them, and they don’t know. But in a situation where you check on them occasionally, such danger can be averted for their safety. So, cultivate the habit of checking on the kids occasionally. You would be able to see what should not be there that is there, what should be there that is not there. Also, you would be able to drill the children on necessary safety measures they should take while in the room such as arranging their books where they should be, putting the pillows where they should be so they don’t choke themselves with them. Putting toys where they should be, so they don’t get to stumble upon them, and injure themselves in the process.
Know their friends
Children have a high tendency to take to friends a lot
It is even one of the fundamental human rights they are entitled to. But just like almost all their rights, there is a need for supervision in here. Friends do have a way of having their habits and behaviours rubbing off on one another. They do have a way of influencing one another to some acts. In a case where you don’t know who and who your child mingles with, there are little chances of knowing what dangers are looming towards them. Hence, the need to be an observant and selfless parent towards your children. Know their friends, know what they can do, know the values they possess, so you can be able to adjudge if he or she is right to associate with your child. If there is a need to know the parents of their friends, so you can know where they are coming from and what values they are likely to possess, please do. It is all for the safety of your child – for that, nothing is too much.
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them
Deuteronomy 4:9
Dr. Ofonime Emmanuel Bassey is a Security, Peace and Conflict Resolution Coach with decades of experience in the practice and promotion of Law Enforcement, Peace and Security through the Nigeria Police and the United Nations.
He is an advocate of Peace Leadership and Child Protection.
He has served and interacted at the top level management of the Nigeria Police as well as internationally as a United Nation’s Monitor/Mentor in Kosovo, Europe.
A professor of Peace Advocacy and Conflict Resolution, Dr. O.E Bassey is a certified United Nation’s Trainer, and currently the Director of ICOF Institute of Leadership, Peace and Conflict Resolution in Africa.
With his marks well-established in Peace Leadership both in Nigeria and Africa. Currently, he is the President, NISSI Safety Management Institute: An Institute of Peace Leadership.
Presently, he is spearheading a campaign tagged “The Next Peace Leaders”, a campaign that is billed to run from 2022-2023 with a target of training 37,000 young peace leaders.
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