https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:07:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2835473 Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:01:52 +0000 Sams Mom 2835473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just saw this article, and it made me think of this thread. </p> <p><a href="https://www.scarymommy.com/toddler-saves-dad-facetime/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scarymommy.com/toddler-saves-dad-facetime/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2835111 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:55:48 +0000 808love 2835111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lady baltimore: I like this.<br /> The only things I would add to what pp posted are<br /> Get an adult if Strangers have a problem because of luring tactics.<br /> Also when on a trip, my daughter always wore a crossover bag with her name, address, phone of relative and ourselves and hotel names. She and I went on a mother -daughter trip recently and it gave me peace of mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2835018 Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:05:53 +0000 lady baltimore 2835018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Carrot: Something I work on with my fourth grade students (health is the subject where this falls in our curriculum) is problem scaling. Rather than dwelling on specific examples of emergencies, maybe it would help your LO to talk about "levels" of problems. The tiers we talk about are:</p> <p>-problems my students can solve themselves (e.g. "I forgot to wash my hands in the bathroom.")<br /> -problems that can be solved with help from a peer (e.g. "I didn't hear the directions.")<br /> -problems that can be solved with help from an adult (e.g. "I missed the bus.")<br /> -problems that need adult help RIGHT NOW (e.g. "I fell and am bleeding.")<br /> -problems that even an adult would need help with (emergencies) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834981 Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:55:38 +0000 snowjewelz 2834981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: wow, this might just be the 1 reason for me to get it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834975 Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:02:48 +0000 Sams Mom 2834975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: that is a great tip actually! My son doesn't have a tablet yet, but that is definitely something I'll do when the time comes. Or when I set up a user profile on my phone for his games, I can use it then too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834972 Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:56:48 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2834972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great tips! I think even at our house I need to teach my 7 year old our address. She knows if she really thinks about it (I set our 4 digit house address as the passcode to her iPad and she has it memorized0&gt; </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834639 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:32:36 +0000 psw27 2834639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you for all the tips everyone! These are great. We live in the city, so the thought of LO going on the street to find a neighbor kind of scares me. However, it has made me want to get an Alexa! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834631 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:03:01 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2834631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, so thank you all for great tips. Wondering how anyone managed LO getting stressed about this? My 5 year old got really scared and became really clingy just recently when we talked about what she should do if there’s an emergency (and I tried to use really basic examples like if she finds one of us sick and not able to get up). I tried to assure her that it’s only so we can be prepared, the same way we talk about what to do if we get separated in a crowd, which she understood really well, but other emergencies got her freaked. Any ideas how to help her with managing that fear? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834615 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 06:37:13 +0000 Foodnerd81 2834615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are some good tips here! I need to teach my almost 5 year old a little more. I went on her school field trip to the fire station and learned that if you dial 911 from a cell phone, even if your phone has no service, it will still bounce through different providers until it can put the call through- important in my area which has notoriously bad reception. </p> <p>My daughter knows our address, parents fullnames, my phone number. But we don’t have a landline. I’ll put some people in my favorites now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834575 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 18:31:09 +0000 Hypatia 2834575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peaches1038: It was actually kind of hard to find! I'm not sure why this feature isn't talked about more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834518 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:36:12 +0000 peaches1038 2834518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: thank you so much!! I tired googling last night but I must’ve been too tired to search correctly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834508 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:48:03 +0000 JennyPenny 2834508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: ooh, great tip!!</p> <p>So last night I started talking to DS about how he could go to a neighbor in an emergency and he absolutely melted down. He just doesn’t feel comfortable leaving the house by himself :( So we set up Ask my Buddy and will teach him that. And then look at how we can make phone calls easier for him to access too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834419 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:54:56 +0000 lamariniere 2834419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: This is a great tip! Thanks! I've set up my phone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834418 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:52:39 +0000 Hypatia 2834418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peaches1038: I googled and this might work:</p> <p>Tap Settings, Touch ID &amp; Passcode, go to the “Allow Access when Locked” section, then flick on the Today View switch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834416 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 23:53:21 +0000 peaches1038 2834416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: I added my favorites as a widget but I can’t seem to access them from the lock screen </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834412 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 22:58:35 +0000 bhbee 2834412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Hypatia: I had no idea you could do that favorites widget thing! I guess I’ll try it and see how long it takes my 3yo to make some inappropriate calls :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834411 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 22:53:34 +0000 bhbee 2834411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I taught my 6yo how to use the emergency feature @Hypatia: mentioned. No way can I go without a pin right now. I ask her to show me when I remember and I also made a cheat sheet for the fridge (since she can read now, useless for my 3yo) with shots of each screen where the necessary part is circled in red. It also has all the address and contact stuff written out, she knows it but figure it can’t hurt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834410 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 22:22:59 +0000 Hypatia 2834410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I don’t know how it works for android phones, but on my iPhone, if you look. At the PIN lock screen, Emergency is on the bottom left and if you tap that, you are brought to a screen where you can dial a call. </p> <p>Alternatively, if you add people to your Favorites and then add the Favorites widget to your dashboard, you can swipe right and it shows up there and you can tap a name/picture to make a call without entering your PIN. That’s also useful so that someone can call your husband, etc. if they find your lost phone but can’t figure out how to contact you because it’s locked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834409 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 22:18:03 +0000 lamariniere 2834409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For those of you who have taught your kids to use your phone, do you not have a PIN on your phone? I keep my phone locked with a PIN to prevent my kids from accidentally getting into my work emails or deleting things. I'm just wondering if I should reconsider the PIN? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834403 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:49:13 +0000 Hypatia 2834403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We’ve enabled Drop In with the Echo Dot for some close friends (and my husband, since he works and I SAHM) and listed them as contacts with the Alexa Ask My Buddy skill. So if they get an alert, they can immediately do an intercom call with my four year old so that she doesn’t have to answer a phone, etc. That solved several issues we would have had with a phone—my phone may not be in reach of her, and I usually have it on vibrate, plus she might accidentally hang up instead of answering the call and might find it difficult to hear (putting it on speaker is a little too complicated in a crisis). </p> <p>So all she has to do is say, “Alexa, ask my buddy for help.” Then our friends and my DH get texts/calls, and they can use their Alexa app to make an intercom call with the Echo Dot to talk to my daughter. I don’t think she is quite old enough to be trusted with calling 911, so this seems like a pretty good compromise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834206 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:54:17 +0000 maddyz 2834206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is making me think that it's time to talk about this again. My 3.5 year old knows his full name, parents, and brothers full name. He also knows that our doorman and the doormen of the neighboring buildings are "people to ask for help". He also knows that there are buttons in the elevator to push if you are stuck or need help. Our building is "fireproof" and it would actually be very dangerous to leave during a fire except if that fire is in your unit, the hallways might not have enough oxigen in them to breath even if they do not seem smoky. I spend a lot of time explianing that to babysitters.</p> <p>We talk a lot about what to do if you get lost. Find someone in uniform (police, MTA employee, crossing gaurd) or someone who works in a store or 'other mommies/nannies' (a bit tricky) to help. I am slowly trying to figure out how to teach smart street sense to toddlers... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834192 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:26:47 +0000 snowjewelz 2834192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, I guess I need to put a lot more thought into this! My 2.5 knows our names and the town we live in, but I had been hesitant to teach her our full address (she knows our street). </p> <p>I'm going to add pictures to all my favorite's call list and show her! She is starting to recognize words so hopefully with the picture and beginning letter (like G for grandma, etc) she will understand who to call. </p> <p>It seems like it's a good plan to teach her to run to either of our neighbors house if ever need be and I prob should tell our neighbors we're telling my kids that... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834176 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:43:03 +0000 Mrs D 2834176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I also developed a "plan" - we have two daughters...so we discussed who gets who in the event of an emergency. And I shared with him some tips I have learned from my co-worker who is a firefighter... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834175 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:41:06 +0000 Mrs D 2834175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After watching a certain This Is Us episode this season :wink: :wink: DH and I had a talk about emergency protocol and we discussed what we were going to share with DD (4.5).</p> <p>DD has also had fireman and police officers visiting her school giving them other types of information. We are careful to make sure we dont contradict them (as long as we agree) and also careful to make sure we understand exactly what directive they have given...lots of "what did they tell you today" "what was the most interesting thing" etc...</p> <p>As for what we have taught DD...we always reinforce that if mommy or daddy says its an emergency the most important thing is to be our helper and do exactly what we say. I've taught DD which houses she is to run to if mommy tells her to leave the house and run to a safe place. We walked over to both neighbors where DD heard mommy talk to those home owners asking permission to make their house a safe house.</p> <p>We also picked a tree outside which they are to go to if they cant reach a neighbor (last resort after that is a neighbor across the street). I also told her some of the "scary" things that could happen (fire, etc) so she doesnt have to go through the whole questioning phase for the first time in the middle of an emergency.</p> <p>I need to work on her phone skills...I also need to work on explaining to her that if Mommy/Daddy/Grandma/Grandpa gets a booboo and needs help she is to run next door. And set up a few quick contacts... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834172 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:24:27 +0000 catgirl 2834172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: we started working with DD on these things at 2ish but a lot of really didn't take until closer to 3. But I think just constant repetition of things really helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834170 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:22:28 +0000 catgirl 2834170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyPenny: I don't have my phone locked I prefer to have it locked and I used to have it locked. But one day DD was messing with it and locked me out of if for a few hours! Which sucked. I'm okay with it for now since it did allow us to teach her how to make phone calls.</p> <p>DH has to lock his phone because he uses an app for work that requires it. But it's not number or letter based. You have to draw a shape or combination of lines. DD figured it out easily and can do it when prompted. She doesn't mess with his phone because he doesn't have any games on it that she plays. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834169 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:21:24 +0000 Mama Bird 2834169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My five-year-old has been in a couple of minor emergencies with me, and kept a very cool head, but I'm not sure how the dial 911 bit would work. Normally I keep the smartphone where the kids can't get it, because they can reprogram it with a few casual swipes and it will take me a while to even work out what they did. Maybe I should be better about keeping it in one (kind of hard to reach) spot, so he'd know where to find it. I like the idea about finding the neighbors, too. We don't know them that well, but well enough for an emergency. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834158 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:32:42 +0000 JennyPenny 2834158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catgirl: Thanks! This is helpful since our kids are about the same age. Do you have passwords on your cellphones? I know that if we teach DS the passwords he'll get into it all the time, but I know he can reach emergency services otherwise. </p> <p>@DesertDreams88: We actually got a home phone when the kids were born because I was paranoid about not being able to find my own cell phone in the case of an emergency. Now I'm worried about my kids being able to find it. We don't have the option of bundling phone with our internet right now though so if I want to get one again I'd have to sign up for a new service. It was so annoying when we had it because we got constant telemarketing calls which is why we got rid of it eventually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834149 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:09:15 +0000 Sams Mom 2834149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: I only have a house phone because it made my TV &amp; internet bundle cheaper for some reason. I don't give the number out for anything except if my immediate family can't get a hold of us. It's also nice for if the nanny's cell phone isn't working right (it's not really the phone its that she's older and gets mad at it :P )</p> <p>Maybe check with your cable and internet provider </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-kids-how-to-respond-in-an-emergency#post-2834146 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:01:25 +0000 DesertDreams88 2834146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh ya'll are making me nervous :bummed: There's no way my 2.5 year old would understand these things and I can't teach him how to get out of the house bc then he'd be doing it all the time! And no house phone. I need to think about this.... </p>