Keep Our Children Safe

By: Holly Gayle Gershon

Parents have followed tragic school events in the media and wondered what advice they could give to their children to help keep them safer while at school. Here are suggestions:

• Respect everyone else, no matter how different they seem. Embrace differences in race, religion, economic status, and ethnic background.
• Tell the truth, all the time. But try not to hurt other people’s feelings.
• Stay aware of what’s going on around you. Have the courage to tell a teacher or a parent if you see people doing things you don’t think are right.
• Be a good person. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. But do good first by volunteering to help others.
• Stand by your principles, but don’t let them lead you into conflicts with people. Agree to disagree on things.

Most important, take every opportunity o talk to your children to set the examples for honesty, caring and compassion.