U.S. Cellular offers a FREE PRINTABLE Parent Child agreement to help you discuss safety of the Internet, cell phone usage, limits, and courtesy with your teen or tween. You don't even need to be a U.S. Cellular customer to access this, although I have been for 10 years and highly recommend them.
One aspect of safety that is on everyone's mind this month is Halloween. That means Trick or Treat for younger kids! I remember how fun it was when I was growing up even if I never got any chocolate treats. Everyone gave out hard candies because there were so many trick or treaters. But it was fun to go door to door asking for candy. For older kids this month means Halloween parties -- and sometimes mischief, but hopefully less mischief than my friends got into when we were growing up because now with cell phones you can check in on your children easier than our parents could -- especially since 47% of parents have a child with a cell phone and the average age for the first cell phone is 12.