By Tita Dulce Festin-Baybay

That’s right! Kidsters! Aren’t these words familiar with you? Teacher, may I go out? What do you mean by this? You want to go out to go to the restroom. You are asking permission to step out of the classroom to go to the canteen. Or you are asking permission to just leave the classroom to meet someone outside, like your parents.

Whatever your reasons to say, “Teacher, May I go out?”, the point I want to emphasize is that while you are still in grade school, you must always ask permission with whatever you do. It is because you are still at an age where your parents must know where you are at all times.
Today, we hear of many stories of children getting lost or simply disappearing and nowhere to be found. I do not want to frighten you but this is what is happening to those children who do not inform their elders what they are doing.

Kidsters, never do anything outside your house that your elders, especially parents, do not know about. Do the same when you are in school. Always ask permission from your teacher if you are leaving the classroom. And if you have security guards at the gate, also tell him or her where you are going and make sure that they see you leave the school with your parents or siblings. I know of many horror stories of children getting lost and I say to myself, how can this happen? How can this be prevented?

It can be prevented if children just always ask permission. It is very important, especially today. So there you are Kidsters, be polite, be responsible, and always ask permission with whatever you do because you are still at that stage in your life when your loved ones must know what you are doing and where you are 24 hours a day.