If your child wears glasses you'll need an extra pair with a sturdy case in his or her kit. If you live in an area that has a high flood danger you should keep a child size life preserver in your emergency kit. If you are prepared you will be able to help your child make it through the trauma of emergency situations. Helping your children become prepared will give you extra relief. We can learn a lot from how the public schooling system approaches natural disasters and children.
Drills are common in public schools.
Children across the nation duck under desks for earthquake drills and hurry outside in single file for fire drills. You can and should do the same thing in your home. Teach your children what objects in your home are ideal protection for earthquakes. Practice evacuating the house and meeting at a prearranged landmark a block away for fires. Show each child where their 72 hour kits are.