8. Don’t Answer the Phone
When you are home alone, do not answer your landline, let the machine pick up. If your parent is calling you then you call them back or they will reach you on your cell phone. What you don’t want is to answer a call from a stranger and let them know that you are home alone with an adult present.
9. Gun Safety
This doesn’t apply to every family, but if you do keep a gun in your home make sure your kids understand that if they find a gun, they should never touch it. And equally important, if they ever see a gun in public, they should run the other way and let a police officer know what they found.
