What age to teach 911 and emergency info?

goodheartedmommy

Just curious. I was just showing Ethan how to dial 911 (and told him the importance of not calling it unless something was wrong with Mommy or Daddy). He knows the last 2 digits of the street number and the name of our road. He also knows our first and last names.

I'm really not sure at what age it is appropriate to be teaching these things--I want him to be able to get help if he needs it, but don't want to overwhelm him or have him calling 911 because he got out of bed before mommy and needs help getting cereal from the pantry.

mommynow

I'm doing it more and more now (at almost 4).  She gets 911 right half the time and knows her first and last name but can't really pronounce the last name all too well.  She knows our subdivision but not our house number (5 numbers so a little hard for her) or street name. 

niecy

I'd say between 3-4 yo

KoriBrett

Haven't done 911 yet, she's not ready for that.

She DOES know her full name, Bryan's full name, our first & last names, and the street we live on. ?She's nearing 3.5 years old. ?We're just doing it gradually. ?

madison

I taught my son last month, he's almost 4. but I recommend emphasizing the part about only using for emergencies.  we had a bad experience with this: https://betterthanboogers.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-sorry-officer-it-wont-happen-again.html

Halo79RN

around her 3rd bday we started playing the name game... teaching her her full name, and that if she gets lost to ask for Mommy my full name and Daddy his full name. we've mainly talked about "lost" issues... b/c we're in a big city and that's my big nightmare.