How to Know If Your Community Is Safe for Your Kid

We as parents tend to protect our children and it’s more important when you are choosing a place to live in. Safety is the first most important criteria which is to be taken care of, especially if you have kids.

But, how safe is your neighborhood? Do you find yourself looking for ways to know if your potential new home’s neighborhood is safe? There are some safety tips for kids that help in creating a safe community for children.

Here are a few ways to protect your child and know if your community is safe for your kids.

1. Security hardware

Before you choose to live in a community, make sure there is security hardware like CCTV cameras or poll surveillance installed.

No matter how many guards are present, there are few crime rates which are always unnoticed. By installing the CCTV cameras we can now monitor the different areas of the community 24/7. This way you know that everything is captured and your kid is always monitored by a security guard no matter where he/she is in the community.

2. Monitoring the visitors

Many communities still use the same old conventional methods of pen and paper to log the details of a visitor. But we know this method has never worked or provided any form of security to the community.

Recently the use of visitor management software has increased over the years, you can monitor and track the visitors who enter the building. Only authorized or approved guests/visitors will be allowed inside the community. There are many visitor management software e.g. MyGate which lets you approve/deny the entry of the visitors from anywhere and at any time.

3. Safe neighborhoods

Before you move in checkout your neighbors, talk to them and know them to understand what kind of people they are. It’s really important to understand the neighbors because sometimes the people inside the community might not be as safe as you think.

Figure out if there are any suspicious people within the community and keep an eye on them.

4. Security guards

Apart from having the cameras installed, it’s also better to have few security guards appointed at each gate and few other isolated areas like play area, gym, swimming pool, and clubhouse. It is more like having a supervisor for your kids, who will be constantly be monitored.

5. Child security

Even after taking a lot of security measures, the kid can sometimes leave/exit the main gate without the notice of the guard. In such cases having software which notifies you the whereabouts of your kid, like the entry or exit may it be with or without the escort will be a great option to look out for.

6. Crime rates

Talk to people around the area and also the management team about the recent crime rates and how safe it is to be here. Ask questions about how secure the place is, what measures are taken if anything happens, what precautions are taken etc.

Knowing things like these and teaching your child important safety tips for kids makes you have a more clear picture of how safe the place is.

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