Crabby is a worrywart— templates help ease that

I use the following templates to share vital information with sitters, teachers, and even grandparents. This way, I don't have to wonder if any of these people know who my daughter's pediatrician is, that she is NOT allergic to cooked carrots(contrary to what she might tell them), and that she is not allowed to watch more than one hour of TV a day that does NOT include Hannah Montana (again, contrary to what she might tell them).

• Child's emergency contact and medical information
• Youth sports emergency contact list
• Medical emergency information
• Emergency contact list
• Emergency card
• Pocket emergency contact reference
• Medicine distribution chart, and medical history with emergency contacts
• Track your family's medical history

Do a search for "emergency" in Templates on the Office web site and you'll see how many more templates there are (for teachers, medical staff, employees, etc.).

Finally, I don't normally promote or even mention third party resources, but if you have young kids, you know it's important to teach them about "stranger danger" and do it without overdoing it (and making them into neurotic suspicious little people). Our family has a DVD called Stranger Safety, and it's been a really great resource when broaching this topic with the kiddos. It's entertaining for them (and even for the grownups around, too) and it has some great lessons and information that get the point across. Its creators are the John Walsh (of America's Most Wanted) and Julie Clark (she, love it or hate it, of Baby Einstein fame) and they also offer an Internet safety video.

"In the event of an emergency water landing, your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device." — Flight Attendant announcers (*including Crabby's dad, who became a flight attendant for United at age 60, after 35 years as a public school music teacher and media specialist)

— Crabby