-Be sure your child knows his or her home phone number and address, your work number or cell number, the number of another
trusted adult and how to dial 9-1-1 for emergencies.-Plan a walking route to school or to the bus stop. Chose the most direct way with the fewest street crossings and intersections. Test the route with your child. Tell him/her to stay away from parks, vacant lots and buildings, fields and other places where there is not a lot of people around.-Teach children - whether walking, biking or riding the bus - to obey all traffic signals, signs, traffic officers and safety patrols. Make sure they know bus safety procedures when getting on or off the bus. Remind them to be extra careful in bad weather.-Make sure they walk to and from school with a friend, neighbor, brother or sister.-When car pooling, deliver and pick-up children as close to school as possible. Don't leave until they are in the school yard or building.
-If you can not be at the bus stop at the end of the day, let the bus driver know who will be there to meet your child. If a stranger is at the bus stop, your child needs to let the bus driver know.-Teach your children to never talk to strangers or accept rides or gifts from strangers. Do not stop to help a stranger who says he needs help looking for a lost puppy, money or another child.-Establish a 'code word' that only your child knows. If a stranger tells your child you've been hurt and he will take him or her to the hospital, your child can ask the stranger what the 'code word' is. If the stranger doesn't know it, they should
run to the nearest house or public building and call the police.
-Take time to listen to your children's fears and feelings about people or places that scare them or make them feel uneasy. -Take complaints about bullies and other concerns seriously. -If your child is home alone for a few hours after school:- Set up rules for locking doors and windows, answering the door and phone, and activities allowed.- Make sure they check-in with you or a neighbor immediately when coming home.- Agree on rules for having friends over and going to a friend's house when no adult is home.- If you are normally home when your child comes home from school, but you're running late and he/she gets home before you, have an emergency plan. What should your child do? Go to a neighbor's house? Do you have a house key hidden in a secret safe location? 
