Discussion: Safety and Risk in the Family Environment

You are encouraged to intermingle and merge the discussion questions if appropriate. Post your reactions to the questions and thoughtfully draw on your own insights and experiences while at the same time incorporating what you have learned in readings and content contained in the module.

Consider the following for your discussion activity. Using essay format, post your initial response(s) to the associated discussion forum.

What risks to children do you see in family environments with which you are familiar and what recommendations do you have to reduce or eliminate the risk? How should parents communicate with children about risk inhigh-riskneighborhoods? How should parents communicate with children about risk inlow-riskneighborhoods? Optional post: What results did you zip code investigation yield? Comments, reactions?