Follow these child home safety rules from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to help keep your children safe:

• Make sure you know where each of your children are at all times.

• Never leave children unattended in an automobile, whether it is running or not.

• Be involved in your children’s activities.

• Notice when someone shows one or all of your children a great deal of attention or begins giving them gifts.

• Teach your children that they have the right to say NO to any unwelcome, uncomfortable, or confusing touch or actions by others.

• Be sure to screen babysitters and caregivers through a state public registry, check references, and ask your children how the experience with a caregiver was.

• Practice basic safety skills with your children.

• Remember that there is no substitute for your attention and supervision.