Watch: UAE parents teach children how to raise alarm if they get trapped inside school bus

Watch: UAE parents teach children how to raise alarm if they get trapped inside school bus

Half of kids aged between 6 and 8 don't know what to do if they get left behind in vehicle, study finds

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Published: Sat 1 Apr 2023, 6:32 PM Last updated: Sat 1 Apr 2023, 6:35 PM

A tragic accident is what prompted Dubai mum Mehnaz to teach her children how to handle the situation if they were ever looked up in a bus. “A family friend lost their child after he was forgotten in a bus a few years ago,” she said.

“It was all around tragic and came at a time when everyone thought bus deaths were a thing of the past.”

At the time a video did the rounds on social media on what children should do if they get locked in a bus. “As soon as I got it, I showed my daughters who were 8 and 4 at the time,” she said.

“I revisited the topic every couple of months to see if they remembered it and they did. In fact, they also shared it with their friends. I am grateful that they were never in a position to use