Safety On Halloween

Safety Tips For Halloween

Typically Palm State Mortgage blog sticks very closely with financial or real estate information.  But this blog is an exception.  Halloween brings the Trick or Treat custom to neighborhoods across the United States.

Will your children enjoy safety in that neighborhood that came with your new home?

In this blog, we of Palm State Mortgage Company won’t be bringing you our typical statistics and numbers.  We have families, children and grandchildren, and today we reflect the human beings behind the business.

Previously at this time of year we have spoken of Zombie mortgages and finding a Boo-tiful home, but this year we have a very human concern for safety at the top of our list.

Palm State Mortgage Company believes a safe neighborhood should be on your list of considerations when you house hunt.  In honor of this feeling, we think you might like a few safety pointers for you on your neighborhood Trick or Treat journey this week-end.

 

Home in Your Neighborhood for Halloween:  Trick or Treat Tips and Pointers

1.       Parenting Safety Tip:  First of all, we know you would not let your children go on their trick or treat journey without you!  Forbid it!  Your kids might be so embarrassed they would consign you to the sidewalk.  Even if they kick you to the curb, we implore you to go.  Accompany them when they leave home for their Trick or Treat adventure.

Palm State Mortgage Safety Tips for Halloween

Pumpkin Safety: Little Witch Notices battery powered Pumpkin light.

2.       Locomotion Safety Tip: Jay-walking is a bad habit.  Police say a pedestrian on Trick or Treat night is in 4 times more danger from cars on Halloween than any other time.

We implore you to “use traffic signals and crosswalks.”  Besides, you teach your children best by your good example.

3.       Vehicle Alert Tip:  Although you are very close to your home, as you and your children stroll down your street, we advise you to avoid walking between parked cars.

4.       Autos in Reverse Safety Tip:  At your own home and the houses of neighbors, watch out for vehicles that are backing out of their driveways.

5.       Cell Phone Safety:  Remind your kids to stow away their cellphones while crossing the neighborhood streets.

These five tips should work for you any time of the year!

Making home territory a safe territory is part of your responsibility as a homeowner. This is true, in spite of the fact you won’t see such a list in your closing papers!

More Specific Safety Pointers:  Halloween Trick or Treat

6.       Adults, teens and children must restrain themselves to the sidewalks and paths.  Likewise, even near home, groups should walk as far to the left, facing traffic, as possible.  Excitement over treats should not be considered an excuse for striding down the middle of the street.

7.       Do not forget to take your flashlights or carry glow-sticks to announce your presence in the dark.  Reflective tape is another answer to staying visible in the night.  It’s also pretty nifty for home-made costumes.

8.       Halloween is a night to be especially cautious about strangers, even in your home territory.  “Never go into a stranger’s house or car.”

9.       Stay where you are familiar with the people and the terrain.  In fact, make out a route, and stick to a map and a time limit.

10.   You know this one!  Nobody eats the treats until they are back at home base and inspected by parents.

The Teal Pumpkin Treat:  Got Teal?

Do you know the meaning of the teal pumpkins you see on your neighbor’s porch?

If you have a child with food allergies or restricted diet, look for painted pumpkins in bright blue Teal.  They are Safe Zones for kids with diabetes, food allergies and other conditions.

 Happy Halloween Without Sweets!

Palm State’s Teal Pumpkin says: Give Safety to All Children! Give Options To Sweets!

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A teal pumpkin marks a home that gives out non-food treats like stickers, bouncy balls, mini pencils and tiny notepads.

“The concept behind the Teal Pumpkin Project is simple: Participants paint a pumpkin teal and place it outside their home, as a way to indicate that they have non-food treats available.  Participants who don’t have time to paint a pumpkin teal can print out a free sign from FARE’s website, and place it outside their home as an indicator that their house is a safe place for kids with food allergies to trick-or-treat.”

Believe it or not, this teal pumpkin campaign is also fun for kids who can have sweets because it adds to the uniqueness of the experience Halloween 2016!  Have a great Halloween Night and stay safe every night in a wonderful home you own.