Keeping Our Children Safe - By: Mark Owens

I believe that there can never be anything that is more terrifying then something happening to our kids. Its one thing for us to get hurt or lost but when it happens to a child the real terror begins. We go through our every day routines and get to a point where most things are taken for granted. Our pre-school children are always close at hand and unless they are really misbehaving we are happy. But almost every parent has had a time when they have lost sight of there child for a minute and instantly feel the panic rise up inside.
In my case we were at a flea market and our three year old daughter was with us. She went to the bathroom with her mother and when she finished she ran out the door to find Dad. Well Dad was not outside the door so she went looking for him before her mother could catch her. She got lost and when my wife found me she was half crazy already. We started yelling and running around looking from one isle to the next. When our daughter realized she was lost she let out a terrifying scream that I still hear in my nightmares. It was easy to find her then but when I got her in my arms she was shaking like a leaf.
The first thing that comes to your mind when you settle down is who to blame. Then you tell the child what she already knows, that she can't run off like that. And finally you start wondering if you are a good parent or not. You always think about the better ways of protecting your child but you put it off because everything is going along fine as they are. We try to make sure our homes are baby proof, and we have a good baby seat in our cars, but are there more things we can do?
I have found some good products that I use and give to new parents as gifts. One of them is a child monitor and it works great to keep a close eye on your little one. When the child starts to get out of range the alarm goes off. You can adjust the range so that if your outside they have a bigger area to play. The other is the child safety kit which of course contains all of the necessary items needed to baby proof your home.
In the end I guess we will never real know how good of a job we are doing as parents. Even some of the best parents can have children that grow up and don't live up to their full potential. We will all find out when our kids are parents and see how their lives turn out. But no matter what we love them and are proud parents. For today I wish everyone the best and stay safe!!

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