When is the right time to teach the children the home address and phone numbers?

I plan on teaching my daughter her phone number and address as soon as she can talk. It is not hard to memorize this information, and teach your child never to tell anyone unless they are lost and find someone in a uniform to tell. (someone who works at the store, police, etc.) My mother taught me the home phone number using a play phone when I was about 2 years old. She taught me how to dial it and made me memorize the number because she was always hearing things in the news about kids getting abducted in malls and she was very worried for me.

I think 5 is a good age for kids to learn their home numbers and address. It helped when my little cousin got lost in a movie theater. Her father had taken her there and let her go to the bathroom by herself where she got lost. So she used a stranger's cellphone and called her grandmother who called the girl's father and told him where she was. Having a password could be good, too. My mom and I used one if she planned for someone else to pick me up from school. That person would have to tell me the password and if they couldn't, I was not allowed to go with them. As for getting lost in places, maybe you should tell your son about a meeting place like near a specific tree or at the front of a big store that he's suppose to go to if he is ever separated from you.

A child should be taught his full name and that of his parents as soon as he can talk. Next, he should learn his phone number. After that, he should be taught his complete street address. At age 5, he should already know all this. Very young children learn such things fairly easily. Perhaps you could make a game out of it. Pretend that he is lost. What is your name, little boy? "Buddy" is not an acceptable answer. He should say "John David Jones", or whatever. He should know his home phone number and how to dial it. When asked where he lives, "The blue house on the corner", isn't good enough. He should say,"123 Willow Ridge" and add the name of the town if there might be any question. In the area where we live, the towns run right into one another. One can't tell where one ends and the next one begins. There is an Aviation St. in nearly every town in the area. Thus, a child would need to know the name of the town as well as the street address.

I started working with my daughter and my son on these pieces of information when they were three years old. The first thing that I thought it was important for them to know was mine and my husband's given names so that the children would know who to ask for. When they got a grasp on this information I started working with them on the home address (my son is four years old and is getting the grasp of our address) then when he gets that figured out I will start working on our phone number. Of course the disadvantage to the children knowing our phone number is that they end up giving it out to all of their friends.

When children are reaching school age, that should be the time they should be taught their home address and telephone number. We never know when an emergency will arise. it could make a big difference if a child was prepared with the information to help them in a crisis.

no need, just tell he or she your name and your husband's name, the police can do the rest thing for you if the kid is in trouble.

I think by about 5 they should know at least one phone number and their address. This is a real safety feature. That way if they get separated from their parents in public they can ask an officer to help them. It is very useful for them to know their parent's phone number.

I teach my kids to memorize our address soon as they can start memorizing phases. My eldest is only 3 years old when i let her memorize our address. I had 3 kids and i don't have nanny (i only had nannies each time i gave birth up to 3 months only) So,when we go out i took care of 3 young kids by myself. And the worry of having them lost is always there,so what i did is,i insert a piece of paper inside their pockets with our address written on it. And then one day i saw a small stall just around the corner inside the mall that laminates personalized picture with some animations. An idea came into my mind,i approach the stall owner and asked to laminate my kids picture (each of them ) and put our address too (sort of ID) So each time we go out,i out each ID inside their pockets.

I have already stared teaching my daughter and she is 3 years old. She know the street name but has trouble with the numbers still. We have already taught her our full names so she already knows that mommy and daddy have names besides mommy and daddy. She also knows her whole name. I hope that if she somehow gets lost she can tell someone who she is and who her mommy or daddy is. Once she gets the house number we will start on phone number. I hope that she never has to use it but I want her to know it just in case.

I think at the age of 2-3? If they can speak that good they can learn it in at their very young age. it is real important that a kid knows those information in case he/she gets lose. Which I hope will not happen. I have watch a news that a 2 year old kid save their lives when a robber intrude there house and tried to kill his parents and siblings. He ran to the bathroom with his younger brother, grab the cordless phone and call 911. Soon police reached their house and saved them from the robber.