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This past week Broc was out of town for eight days for a research project in San Diego, CA. As he was out of town I had the thought, “What if something happens to me while he is gone and Titan can’t get a hold of anyone? Like what if I don’t wake up in the morning? Or what if I fall and hit my head or something?” I actually had this thought the last time Broc was out of town as well, but didn’t act on it.
This time around I decided it was definitely time to make sure Titan knows how to use a phone to make a real phone call all by himself with no help… and not just how to to play games or surf the internet. 🙂 I mean, I know he knows how to play games, turn it on, etc. – he’s been doing all of that for years now! When I really thought about it though, I realized I wasn’t sure if he would know how to make an outgoing call. Especially since Broc and I mostly text and rarely make outgoing calls ourselves when we are around him.
So, while Broc was gone, I made it a goal to teach Titan how to do just that. We reviewed what an emergency is, talked about phone manners and etiquette, and then had him make a few real calls.
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| I realize it looks like there are no numbers on that paper, there are. I just blurred them for security and safety reasons. Don’t need our family’s phone numbers accessible all over the internet. 🙂 |
As part of our lesson I showed Titan how to pull up my mom’s and Broc’s phone numbers on my phone by going to my contacts. I also wrote the numbers out for him though and put them up on our fridge so he could practice manually entering in numbers as well. I think it’s a good idea for every child to have at least one of their parent’s phone numbers memorized. So I wanted Titan to start becoming familiar with the numbers as well and not just the name in my phone.
Then, I had him make actual phone calls to both Broc and my mom, Ti’s grandma. Titan loved making the phone calls all by himself. So much in fact that I’m pretty sure he’s called grandma now almost every day since. 🙂 I’m not complaining though, I’m glad he’s getting the practice.
If you are thinking you need to teach your kids how to use the phone for it’s “original” purpose or even just about what to do in case of an emergency, I found the article “Teaching Your Child About Dialing for Help” from the Disney Family site really informative and helpful.
For example, they shared the following reasons as to why your child should be familiar with calling family but also with 911 and “0” for operator:
- There is always someone to answer the phone at 911 or “0”while there may not always be someone home at your house.
- When 911 sends someone to help, they are probably nearby and can get there quickly. Possibly quicker even than a family member.
- If a child is lost and cannot tell someone where they are, 911 can trace the call.
- And, last but not least, if a child is in an area outside of their area code a call may not sometimes go through to a home or other number but a call to 911 or “0” will always go through, no matter where you are.
A few of those tips were things I hadn’t thought of before. Especially like in the case of a lost child. I hadn’t thought about how 911 would be able to trace my child’s location, something I wouldn’t be able to do if they called me directly and were lost. So those were all things I went over with Titan as well.
All in all, everything only took maybe 10-15 minutes because of Titan’s age and ability to “get it” really fast, but it’s amazing how much better I feel knowing that he will be ok and know what to do if an emergency happens or if he is ever lost or in trouble! 🙂
If you haven’t gone over these things with your kid(s), I highly recommend that you do it in the next couple days. I think I truthfully should have gone over all of this with Ti at least a year or two ago. You know, as soon as he was able to start playing on the phone. Better late than never though, right? I think it was just something that was easy to forget about because his generation is SO tech savvy. It’s like they are born knowing how navigate our phones. So you just assume they’ll figure it out. Which, they might. But in a moment of trouble or emergency, I don’t want to rely on “maybe”. I want to know that they can for sure do it and have the knowledge that they need.
So take the 15 or 30 minutes and make it a priority. You’ll feel better knowing they have been given the tools that they need and they will have a boost in confidence as well. Titan was SO proud of himself after he made his first call all by himself & he told me later that night that he was happy that he could take care of things by himself now if something ever happened to me. 🙂
