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Carolina Parent's Emergency Worksheets

If you are one of those parents who only worries about wills, insurance policies and legal guardians when you and your spouse board the same airplane, it’s high time for a change. Emergencies of all sizes — from minor irritations to catastrophic events — can strike at any time. And your family’s best weapons in any crisis are organization, preparation and a little help from your friends.

Get your family’s affairs in order. Gather your important papers and put them in a safe, accessible place. Make sure your children’s guardians are legally documented and up to speed on your child’s developmental stages and daily routines. Update your family’s medical records. And ask a trusted neighbor to inform you in the event of a household emergency or other neighborhood mishap.

The most important thing in any family crisis is to make sure the children are cared for and feel secure. These worksheets will put at the ready the information necessary to accomplish that.

Emergency Worksheets

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The following Emergency Worksheets will help you put important names, phone numbers, documents and vital information in the hands of those who need it quickly — babysitters, family members, friends and neighbors. When you are stuck in unexpected traffic on I-40 and someone needs to meet your kids at the school bus stop. When your family is unpacking at the vacation house in Nags Head and you realize you left your garage door open. When you have a serious allergic reaction to something you ate at lunch and your husband is out of town on a business trip.

Adapt the information on the form to suit the individual. If you’re not comfortable leaving legal or financial information with your neighbors, leave that information blank on their forms. If you don’t want your babysitter to know what medications you’re taking, leave that information blank on her form. If you’d rather your mother-in-law not know where the spare key is hidden, you could try leaving that information blank. You get the picture.

We hope you’ll clip these worksheets out and give completed copies to those in your life who might need them someday. And please share a blank copy with a friend or with the parents at your child’s daycare or school. If we could, we’d put copies of the forms in the hands of every parent in the Triangle. Maybe with your help, we can.