Find an opportunity to teach children safety rules

Children's pranks with fire often lead to very regrettable consequences. Due to their limited life experience and immense curiosity, little ones find themselves in dangerous situations.

And, as a rule, behind every wrong action of children are the wrong actions of us, adults. Children, like sponges, absorb all the information from the surrounding world. If a mother throws a burning match into a trash can after lighting a gas stove, her child will do the same next time. If a father smokes in the presence of children, the latter will also find time and opportunity to try smoking.

The trauma and death of children cannot be put into words. The grief for relatives and loved ones, parents, cannot be measured by anything. But we, adults, sometimes not understanding this or simply hoping that "it will pass," continue to leave children at home alone, do not observe safety rules ourselves, and sometimes do not even think about how important it is to talk to children about safety rules.

Rescuers have long developed a lot of methodological and educational materials that can be used to teach safety rules, and to do so not in the form of moralizing, but in a playful way. These include the Ministry of Emergency Situations' animated series ("The Magic Book of the Ministry of Emergency Situations," and recently the new cartoon "Special Squad 112" appeared), the mobile application "Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus. Help is Nearby," and visual aids (coloring books, brochures, board games, etc.), which can be found on the official website of the ministry and downloaded for free. As they say, those who want to find an opportunity, and those who don't want to find excuses.

Dear parents, teach children safety rules from an early age. Explain what needs to be done in case of an emergency, where to run and where to seek safety. Remember yourselves and learn together with your children the emergency service numbers, explain which service to call in which situation, and remind them about the inadmissibility of false calls. This knowledge may become a lifebuoy for your child, saving their life.

Inspector of the Department of Prevention and Social Work of the Miory District Department for Emergency Situations                            O.M. Girzha