Child month tips
All Adults have the responsibility to care for and protect the young people of Jamaica
Young people are still learning who they can trust, where they are safe, what might put them in harm's way. They need adults to help them to stay safe.
You can help your children to stay safe by:
Knowing where they are and who they are with.
Knowing their friends.
Asking questions about their day.
Telling them who they can trust.
Identifying a friend, neighbour or relative they can call when they cannot reach you.
Identifying safe places for them to go when they are in trouble or feel unsafe — a neighbourhood store, a neighbour's home, a church or a school.
- Taken from JA-STYLE's good parenting, calendar.
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Karene Golding (left), grade one teacher at the Spanish Town Primary School in St Catherine, receives roses from her students at the school on Teachers' Day. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer
Natasha Brown-Smith (right), teacher at Windward Road Primary and Junior High School in east Kingston, hugs student Suyan Merize after Suyan presented her with a rose during a ceremony at the school yesterday. Air Jamaica staffers took over at the school for the day, giving teachers a break from the classroom. - Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer
William Clarke (left), president and chief executive officer of Scotiabank, reasons with a 10th grade student of Kingston College after a special conflict resolution and motivational session held at the school yesterday, which was being observed as Teachers' Day across Jamaica. - Contributed
