5 Things Your Child Should Know Before Age 5

Free-range parent or not, there may be a moment when your child is presented with a choice to cross the street alone — their ball rolled off the front lawn, their friend is across the street and you weren’t holding their hand, they see the ice cream man while playing in a friend’s yard — so make sure they’re prepared. Teach them to look both ways, listen for cars, and, most importantly, not to cross the street without an adult if they can help it so as to avoid any accidents in the first place.