Kellie, I also think of everything that could go wrong. We had a fire next door last week. What if I hadn't been home? What if my kids were younger and home alone? When my oldest two were in middle school, there was a tornado in the area at 4 pm. I was teaching a mile away, but I didn't get off duty until 4:20 and I was having to evacuate school buses and take kids to shelter. We live in a mobile home park and my kids were home alone... just for an hour. I had no way to contact my kids to tell them what to do. I just had to trust that they got themselves to the tornado shelter (and that my youngest, who was on the school bus, would get to the shelter as well).
So just things to think about. My current issue is when people say "It won't happen to us." Everyone thinks it won't happen to them... until it does. I'd err on the side of safety, I guess. No home alone when I'm unable to be reached and return home quickly until my kids are middle school aged.
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07-15-2013, 08:21 AM
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