Halloween safety even applies to Raiders
By Bob Chan
As children, we thought of Halloween as a special time and looked forward to this holiday with great anticipation. We remember last year's great fun and imagine what we would like to see happen this year. This can be a fun time: parents and children share thoughts and ideas involving their creativity, and can be a time for enjoyable healthy communication between parents and children. They can brainstorm together to come up with good ideas for costumes, how they might carve a pumpkin, and what type of treats they would like to give out to others. This is a holiday that parents need to plan ahead for, but also children and parents need to plan ahead together.
What happens to parent child communication about planning ahead for Halloween as children grow into their adolescent/teen years? To parents, I’m sure you have noticed that your adolescents share less of their lives with you. They have often replaced communicating with you with talking to peers about many of their concerns. This is appropriate for them developmentally, but sometimes teens may try to exclude you from all important decisions, ideas, and activities. As much as they may tell you that you’re old fashioned and don’t understand them.
Teens may be ready to give input about what rules are needed and do some negotiating with their parents about rules and consequences for breaking them. But, they still need you to hold them accountable to the rules and follow through consistently with the consequences in order to retain a sense of balance, and to feel cared for and loved. Since a lack of impulse control can be appropriate at this age, acting without thinking, Halloween pranks gone awry, trying alcohol (or even drugs), and transportation mix-ups are likely to be the main safety concerns on this special night of the year
1. If trick or treating, go with a group.
2. Never enter any homes to wait for candy.
3. In case of an emergency, always bring your cell phone with you while trick or treating
4. Avoid wearing costumes that are too sexy or provocative that might attract unwanted attention.
5. Make sure you know the difference between having a little fun and vandalism. Many teens use Halloween as an opportunity to toss eggs and pull pranks on neighbors. This can cause damage and unwanted long term problems.
6. Bring a flashlight with fresh batteries.
7. Stay on well-lit streets and always use the sidewalk.
8. Remember drivers will have trouble seeing trick-or-treaters. Only cross the street as a group in established crosswalks and don’t assume the right of way. Just because one car stops doesn’t mean others will.
9. Check the candy, you don’t want to eat something that could be dangerous.
Follow it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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