Childhood Safety

Paying attention to threats is always appropriate. Here is some advice on how to evaluate a situation.

Our reporter asks gun control experts for the answer.

After a lapse in school safety, it's reasonable to express your concerns to the school in a letter -- and to receive a response.

A child who won't follow the rules about Internet use should face the consequences: no computer use at all.

Step one in avoiding chat room problems is to succeed at some form of authentic communication with your child.

Answer the questions on this school safety checklist to determine whether your school could be doing more to protect students.

A good school safety policy is one where the people feel safe -- if you don't, your school's policy probably needs some help.

When an older boy is observed touching young girls in the neighborhood, the police should be immediately notified.

There are strategies for evaluations that improve predictions and case-management of situations that might escalate to violence.

This article describes the characterisics to look for in a safe school.

Planning ahead can save lives and help you get your household back in order once the storm has passed.

Is a storm heading your way? Find out what supplies you'll need to ride it out.

After years of telling her daughter ''never talk to strangers," a mother wonders how to begin to say ''now it's okay to talk to strangers."

Check out if your local playground meets safety standards.

A parent questions whether she's wrong to forbid sleepovers at a neighbor's house where there are several guns.

Help your child know how to take care of himself if he is alone at home or out on his own.

Here are some tips on what to teach your child to do if she is ever lost.

By Gavin de Becker

Help your kids learn how to find a "safe" stranger if they're ever lost, alone, or in danger.