We have heard and read stories about little kids saving their parents by calling 9-1-1. So we thought our oldest, who is 4 and a half, is old enough to be taught how to dial for emergency services, since she knows her numbers.
We explained to her that if something happens to one us and we can’t talk to her, she needs to get the phone and dial 9-1-1, and ask for help.
The first thing we realized is that we couldn’t find the phone. Note to self, always put the phone back on it’s base.
Next, with the phone in hand, we told our oldest to dial 9, then 1, then another 1. So she dialed 9, then 1, and then she paused, looked at us, looked at the phone and back at us again and said, with a worried look, “I can’t find the other 1.”
After a good laugh, we realized we should cross our fingers and hope we don’t have any emergencies.
