{"id":27718,"date":"2022-08-01T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=27718"},"modified":"2022-08-01T08:25:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:25:40","slug":"its-time-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-school-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=27718","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time to talk to your kids about school safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As Georgia students start to head <a href=\"\/tag\/back-to-school\">back to school<\/a> this week, educators and law enforcement officers alike are reminding parents to talk with children about school safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now is a good time to ensure your children are familiar with general information that may be needed if they get lost or encounter police officers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Role playing with with your children is recommended as well as taking time to discuss personal safety and awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to experts, before starting the school year your kids should:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Know their address, telephone number and how to contact a parent or guardian.<\/li><li>Remain aware of their surroundings.<\/li><li>Walk or bike with another person, whenever possible. Stay in well-lit areas.<\/li><li>Limit the use of devices that may distract them.<\/li><li>Avoid engaging with or answering questions from strangers.<\/li><li>Report immediately to a trusted adult if something occurs that makes them feel unsafe.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=11]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Georgia students head back to school this week, educators and law enforcement officers alike are reminding parents to talk with children about school safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11783],"tags":[8496,10069],"class_list":["post-27718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-back-to-school","tag-school","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}