Prom Safety
4 Tips to Keep Your Child Safe
Seeing gorgeous dresses, fancy suits, corsages, and boutonnieres pop up in advertisements can only mean one thing: Prom season is here! This time of year, teens are busy choosing the perfect dress or suit to wear, finding a date, making dinner reservations, and preparing for an evening of fun and dance. During this exciting time, give your teens a little encouragement and guidance to ensure they have a safe and memorable evening. CREATE A PLAN Create a plan for prom night, and make sure everyone knows what it is. Your teen should know and communicate with you what time the dance starts, what time it ends, if they’re going anywhere after, and when they’ll be coming home. PHONES Make sure your teen’s phone is completely charged in case they need to reach out to you sometime during the night. Encourage your teen to check in once every few hours, and establish an emergency code to use if they find themselves in trouble. DRIVING You and your teen should also have a plan about the modes of transportation, who’s driving, and how many people your teen is
going with. Trusting the driver is important. If you’re hesitant
about letting your child be driven to prom, find another way. If your teen is driving the family car, confirm that they will be the only person driving the vehicle.
DRESS SAFETY Make sure your teen is dressed comfortably and appropriately to ensure they have a fun night without any accidents. Encourage them to wear comfortable shoes that they can walk and dance in without pain. High heels are fashionable, but they shouldn’t wear heels so high that they may fall and hurt themselves. Whatever your teen decides to wear should be comfortable and hemmed to the appropriate length based on their height.
By keeping these safety measures in mind, your teen will have a wonderful and safe evening!
Love What You Do Marge Shaw Makes the Most Out of Life
How does someone find a career they love? It can be a challenge. A lot of people spend their whole careers in a job they don’t enjoy. Marge Shaw doesn’t have this problem. Now a dental assistant at Briarfield Dental, Marge has been in the dental field for 34 years. “I always knew I wanted to do something in the medical field,” Marge says. “I just didn’t know what. Growing up, I considered becoming a nurse. Fortunately, I had an aunt who was a
for patients to wear, and using the intraoral camera. The best part is getting to work with patients. I love meeting people and hearing their stories. Plus, it’s great to have a captive audience to talk to!” In addition to being a chairside dental assistant for Dr. Stuckey, Marge is also a compliance officer for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This means that it’s her job to help prevent needless injuries by making sure the office is safe and compliant with OSHA. She’s very busy, but she still goes out of her way to help out. On busy days, you can count on Marge to be there to lend a hand and lighten the load. When she’s not in the office, Marge is busy as a wife and a mother. Her daughter just graduated from high school, and Marge has had her hands full planning the graduation party and helping her get ready for college. Life can be busy, but Marge is the sort of person who takes advantage of every moment. This is why her favorite piece of advice is, “Make the most out of each day; you never know if tomorrow’s going to be there.”
dental assistant herself, and she put the option in my head. It helped that I have always enjoyed going to the dentist, even when I was young. When I looked into it, I discovered that I really liked everything dental assistants do.”
“I love the variety of different things I get to do. As a dental assistant, I’m working on crowns and bridges, making temporaries
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