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BEST IN THE KITCHEN.
WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED IN
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BACK TO YOU.
THIS MORNING AT FAMILY TIME,
HALLOWEEN IS RIGHT AROUND THE
COARNTION AND WHILE YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY ARE GETTING READY TO PICK
OUT COSTUMES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
KEEP SAFETY IN MIND AS WELL.
JOINING US WITH SAFETY TIM'S,
LOCAL MOM BLOGGER AUDREY
McCLELLAN.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR COSTUME
PICKED OUT?
I DO NOT, BUT I WILL GET IT.
I HAVE TO GET ON THE BALL.
MY SONS HAVE THEIRS.
HALLOWEEN, WE BOTH HAVE KIDS,
IT'S A BUSY TIME FOR EVERYBODY
WITH THE OTHER HOLIDAYS COMING
UP TOO.
KIDS GET DRESSED UP MANY
COSTUMES, RUNNING AROUND THE
STREETSMENT YOU NEED TO BE SAFE
WHILE YOU'RE OUT.
ABSOLUTELY.
WITH FOUR SONS, SAFETY FOR ME,
AS A PARENT, COMES FIRST.
AND KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM IS
TOUGH.
ESPECIALLY IN THE DARK AT
NIGHT, THEY JUST WANT TO RUN
FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, IT CAN GIVE
A PARENT ANXIETY.
IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF
EVERYBODY.
WHILE YOU'RE OUT, KAREEM
ABDUL-JABBAR'S GOING UP AND DOWN
THE STREET.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE?
I BROUGHT SOME GOODIES TODAY,
I HAD THE MIND SET, I HAVE
LITTLE CHILDREN EIGHT AND UNDER,
TO GLOW STICKS.
I GOT A RED, A PIPG, THEY HAVE
DIFFERENT COLORS.
WE HAVE A SAFE AWAY FOR FIERNTS
HAVE CHILDREN CARRY GLOW STICKS
SO THEY HE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
IN A GROUP EVERY HAS A DIFFERENT
COLOR, SIX KIDS, SIX RED GLOW
STICKS, EVERYBODY IS TOGETHER.
YOU CAN MAKE NECKLACES,
BRACELETS, DIFFERENT WAYS TO
HAVE YOUR KIDS HAVE A FUN TIME,
NOT RUIN THE COSTUME, BUT YOU
WANT TO KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY IS
AND BE SAFE.
FOR CARS DRIVING UP AND DOWN
THE STREET, IT'S HARD SOMETIMES
WITH KIDS DARTING OUT IN FRONT
OF CARS, YOU NEED SOMETHING SO
DRIVERS SAY, HEY, WAIT A SECOND.
I THOUGHT OF THIS LAST YEAR,
WAITS A TRADITIONAL
TRICK-OR-TREATING BASKET.
YOU CAN POP IN A BATTERY
OPERATED LIGHT, A FLASHLIGHT IN
THE BUCKET, SO THE KIDS ARE
WALKING WITH THE LIGHT IN THE
BUCKET, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY
ARE.
IT'S DIFFERENT, THEY DON'T HAVE
TO CARRY OR WEAR A LIGHT, A
DIFFERENT WAY.
IS THAT TAKING UP SPACE FROM
THE DISMEAND.
A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU CAN
STILL FILL THIS PUPPY UP.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE, I DON'T
WANT ANY SPACE UNUSED.
I KNOW HOW YOU ROLL.
YOU HAVE A MASK WHICH I THOUGHT
WAS A CUTE LITTLE ADDITION.
YOU WANT TO PUT THIS ON.
AND I HAVE THESE FOAM GLOW
STICKS, SO I COULD HIT YOU AND
IT DOESN'T HURT.
I COULDN'T SEE WHO WAS
HITTING ME.
THAT WAS COOL, SEE?
I CAN SEEP TRACK OF MY SONS, IT
WOULD BE VERY EASY.
IF I SAY, I'M BATMAN, DOES IT
HAVE THE SAME EFFECT?
IT DOES, I'M FRIGHTENED.
ALSO SECURE A PHONE, THIS IS A
BIG THING.
I LOVE ANYTHING TECHY.
THERE'S AN APP CALLED SECURE
PHONE, YOU CAN POP IT ON
YOURSELF, CHILDREN ARE OLDER
WITH A CELL PHONE OR I-TOUCH,
YOU CAN TRACK THEM WITH A GPS
SYSTEM.
FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS CHILDREN
GOING OUT IF FOR THE FIRST TIME
YOU'RE NOT WITH THEM, THAT IS
LIFE SAFER, YOU CAN FEEL GOOD
AND TRACK THEM.
THAT'S GOOD FOR ANY PARENT,
NOT JUST HALLOWEEN.
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME IF YOU HAVE
KIDS.
THE OTHER THING IS KIDS ARE
GOING TO BE GOING OUT GRABBING
CANDY FROM HOUSES YOU MAY NOT
KNOW.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS CHECKED.
NO MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE,
ALWAYS CHECK THE CANDY AND STAY
IN GROUPS.
LAST YEAR MY SONS WENT OUT WITH
FRIENDS, PARENTS.
STAY IN THE GROUP, DON'T GO OFF
BY YOURSELVES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO DRILL THIS
INTO CHILDREN, NO MATTER WHAT
AGE THEY ARE, TO STAY TOGETHER.
ALSO STAY ON STREETS THAT ARE
LIT UP, YOU DON'T WANT THEM ON
DARK STREETS.
THERE ARE COYOTES EVEN BEYOND
THEM GETTING LOST, THERE'S OTHER
THINGS AS WELL.
MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN BIG GROUPS,
AND VERY LIT-UP AREAS.
IT'S ALWAYS A FUN TIME OF
YEAR.
IT IS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE IT
BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO YOU.
THANKS, WILL.
I'LL PUT THOSE UP.