This tip from Professional Organizer, Sandra Pollet, couldn’t have come at a better time:
“An FYI – public service tip. This may seem kind of random, but it can come under the category of vacation check lists/planning. If your child is going to go away on a trip with someone other than you or is staying with someone else while you travel, their caregiver should always have a current picture of them. It is the first thing police are going to ask for if the child is missing and will speed up the process. Not only in an abduction case, but kids can wander off while traveling, become disoriented and not know how to get back to “home base”. Also a copy of your medical insurance card. ”
My husband and I leave tomorrow for a long weekend and out teenagers will be staying with friends. I typed up a schedule of events and our whereabouts and contact information. I already have a Medical Release created in Word so all I have to do is modify it with the current contact information, sign it, and it’s good to go. Based on the tip above, I added a digital picture of the my boys to the Medical Release Form so it’s all in one place.
This helps to keep things simple when I’m trying to get out the door.
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Sounds like you are living in fear. And you might be passing that fear onto your children. Thoughts become things. Maybe you should think of positive things happening to them.
FG,
I get what you are saying. We should be careful not to go too much to one side or the other. It’s all a matter of balance.
No matter how many positive thoughts I would have for my children, if I was out of the area and they were in an accident, the parents they were staying with would have a hassle with the hospital if they didn’t have a medical release. The form is simple to do and could save a lot of effort if needed. Adding the picture on the bottom was easy with digital pictures. The schedule was a much a help to both boys who were in separate places as it was to the two different families watching them. I prepared what I would want done for me if I was watching someone else’s kids!
Also, sometimes without a list of what is happening for the weekend, I can forget! Weekends get so full…but that is for another discussion! Thanks for sharing and making me think.
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