Back to school season is here, and every parent's first priority is keeping their child safe during the upcoming school year. Good thing there's one simple thing you can do to keep your child's trip from the classroom and back a safer one.

I love anything monogrammed, as a lot of people do these days. Adorable personalized items are available everywhere and so simple to make yourself. Before you deck your student out in coordinating personalized school supplies this year, here's something you might want to keep in mind. I will admit, this is something I never thought of, and it stopped me dead in my tracks when I saw this on Facebook...

 

The American Red Cross also suggests making sure you stress to your child to never accept a ride from someone they don't know, and to make sure they know their phone number, address, how to get a hold of their parents at work and another trusted adult, and how to dial 9-1-1.

 

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