Keeping Children Safe at Home

04/15/25 • 32 min

In this episode of OK State of Mind, a Family & Children’s Services podcast, we explore the everyday challenges and life-changing impact of early parenting support. Lorinda Reed and Sarah Lankford Cerbino - leaders in the SafeCare® Home-Based Parenting program - join hosts Chris Posey and Rachel Roberts to discuss how Family & Children’s Services is helping families build safer, healthier home environments for young children.

Designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 0–5, the SafeCare® program provides free, in-home guidance on child safety, health, supervision, and positive parenting practices. Through hands-on coaching and customized support, SafeCare® empowers caregivers to navigate the demands of parenting with confidence—whether it’s choosing the right medicine dosage, understanding discipline versus punishment, or creating daily routines that foster connection and calm.

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OK State of Mind - Keeping Children Safe at Home

Transcript

Lorinda Reed: [00:00:00] If we are driving down I 44, and I'm your co-pilot, so you don't have GPS, I'm your GPS, right? And you're in the left hand lane, and all of a sudden I'm like, oh, you need to exit here,

right?

Lorinda Reed: And you've gotta cross three lanes of traffic and exit right then. It'll happen. Yeah. But it might not be pretty

right.

Lorinda Reed: Where, um, if I say, you know, in a might about two