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Back to School - Back Pack Safety |
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by PropelMom  (July 2006) (rank 500+) |
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I recently ordered a back pack for my little kindergartner with his name embroidered on the back. I figured it would make it really easy for him to spot it among the other children's bags. And of course he loved it.
Then I read some tips about back
to school safety and one of the top ones was to not place your child's name on the outside of their bag. It makes it easy for a stranger to call them by name and come across as familiar.
I'm quite sad that we need to look at the world this way, but it was a good point - so I thought I'd pass it along. At least for the U.S. members.
So I'm off to buy a 3inch by 2inch sticker to cover his name. We'll peel it off when he packs his bag to sleep at Grandma's house - she's not a stranger!
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