School Bus Safety Tips
Pennsylania school children are starting back to school this week or have already started last week. Consequently, the recurring concern of their safety around school buses is back. MyFox Philly has listed some tips in their recent article, Back To School: School Bus Safety. Some of the more important tips include giving yourself and your child enough time to get to the bus. When you are rushing to the bus, you may not follow all of the safety rules, not to mention your day starts off in a stressful manner. Also, remind your children to stay clear of the bus tires, even if they drop something. The bus driver can not always see around the tires, especially if your child is bending over to pick something up.
Another tip I would suggest is going over a plan in case you are not at the bus stop when they return home from school. When my oldest son was in kindergarten, the school mistakenly sent him home on the bus instead of to aftercare. By some miracle, my husband was home due to a meeting he had near our home being done early. My son didn't know anyone was home, and by the time he got to the front door, he was hysterical. After that lucky incident, we set up a plan for him to follow should this situation ever re-occur. We felt better, but more importantly he would be safe incase of a similar incident or emergency.
In conclusion, for those of you with children heading off to school, I urge you to constantly remind them of safety matters. Whether they deal with other cars, buses or predators. And I urge everyone driving a vehicle to be mindful of children suddenly crossing the street and/or not being aware of the circumstances around them. We at Mednick, Mezyk & Kredo, P.C. wish you a safe and healthy school year.
