Chapter 3: Family & Safety
Lily: "Nobody gets left behind! ¡Nadie se queda atrás!"
The Rangers' first rule is to stay together. Every Ranger knows their meeting place, carries their name card, and knows which grown-ups are safe helpers.
What Rangers know
- Two meeting places. Pick one close to home and one farther away. Say them out loud often.
- Name card. Carry a card with your name, your grown-up's name and a contact. A grown-up writes it, and it stays zipped in your safe pocket. Show it only to a helper.
- Buddy system. Everyone has a buddy. Head counts happen often, the way Lily counts the crew.
- If we get separated: stop, stay where you are, and look for an official helper, such as someone in a uniform at a help desk or a helper with a badge. Say your name and your grown-up's name.
- Promises from strangers. If someone offers rides, sweets, money or "come with me", say no, stay with your group, and tell your grown-up.
- Your papers are yours. Never give away or trade your name card or papers. A grown-up from your group handles them.
- Go Bag (Card #GB1 "Ready by the Door"). A small, light bag packed with a grown-up and kept by the door: water, a snack, a light, a whistle, a warm layer, the safe pocket (photo, name card, contact) and a comfort toy. Lily's is small and pale yellow, Ricky's is bigger and dark green, and Sami's rides on her wheelchair.
- Whistle: three toots means "help, find me".
Lily: "Pack it light, keep it right, ready by the door, day or night!"
- Roads and trucks. Walk on the side, facing traffic, away from the edge. Never play on roads or near parked or moving trucks; drivers can't see small people. Hold little hands. Stay far back when aid trucks arrive, until helpers say to come.
- Crowds and food lines. Stay with your grown-up and hold hands. If the crowd pushes, move to the side, not the middle. Know the meeting spot.
- Aid is free. No one is allowed to ask you for anything in return for food, water or kits (Chapter 14).
- Older Rangers (12+): family tracing. If family are missing, a grown-up registers them with the official Red Cross / Red Crescent tracing service (Restoring Family Links), never through strangers or social media posts.
Ranger checklist
- ☐ I keep away from roads and trucks, and walk facing traffic.
- ☐ In a crowd I hold hands and move to the side.
- ☐ I can say both of our meeting places.
- ☐ My name card is in my safe pocket.
- ☐ I know who my buddy is.
- ☐ If I'm lost, I stop, stay and find a helper.
- ☐ I say no to strangers' promises and tell my grown-up.
- ☐ I never hand over my papers.
- ☐ My Go Bag is packed and a grown-up has checked it.
- ☐ I know the three-toot whistle.
Earn your badge (Stay Together & Get Help 🤝)
| Level | Requirement |
|---|---|
| ❤️ Heart | Say: "Stay with your buddy and your grown-up." |
| 🥉 Bronze | Say your meeting spot and name your helpers. |
| 🥈 Silver | Practise "lost? Stop, stay, find a helper" with a grown-up. Pack your Go Bag with a grown-up. |
| 🥇 Gold | Help make the family's meeting-spot plan card. |
| 💎 Platinum | Help a grown-up run a head-count drill for a group. |
Watch and learn
- Opener "We Stay Together" (Card #000)
- Go Bag episode and reel (DRAFT), Card #GB1 "Ready by the Door"
- Planned Family arc: Our Meeting Place · My Name Card · If We Get Separated · Strangers Who Make Promises
- Planned camp episodes: Arriving and Registering · Crowd Safety · Never Trade Your Papers · Spot the Smuggler Lure
Grown-up note
Write contact cards yourself, and keep children's details off any public post. Family tracing services exist through the Red Cross and Red Crescent; register a lost child with official helpers only.