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Family With Young Children Pack
A calm, practical plan for babies, toddlers, school-age children and teens when normal life is interrupted
A plan your whole family can practice, for every age group.
- Quick Pack (11 pages) + Full Guide (53 pages)
- Instant download
- US Letter, prints on A4 too
- Worksheets you fill in
- Plain English
$12.99 one-time, instant download
- Secure checkout by Payhip
- Download link on screen and by email
- Read the free sample first
- No refund once downloaded
Who it is for
Parents, grandparents and other caregivers of babies, toddlers, school-age children and teens.
What you get
- 1. A family plan with roles, two meeting places and a simple script children can follow.
- Practice drills you can run in about 10 minutes without frightening anyone.
- 2. Baby guidance on feeds without power, safe preparation, safe sleep in cold or heat and diapers, with a baby go bag table.
- 3. Toddler guidance on supervision, comfort items and disrupted toilet training, with a toddler go bag table.
- 4. School and childcare planning, including reunification, pickup lists, memorized numbers and real roles for teens, with age-banded kit tables.
- 5. Plain guidance on keeping children warm or cool safely, with a carbon monoxide and fire warning, plus water and food for children.
- 6. A children's medicines information sheet that sends dosing questions to your child's doctor or pharmacist, not to guesswork, and a 'get help right now' table.
- 7. What to say to children about disasters, by age, how to limit the news, and activity and routine ideas for an outage.
- 8. Leaving home with children: car seats, floodwater safety, keeping together, shelters, and pets and children.
- 9. After the event: recovery, stress, and when to ask for help.
- 10. Printable forms: a wallet-size Child ID Card, a full-page Child Information Sheet, a Pickup Authorization sheet and a Family Contact sheet. The card is for a pocket or backpack. The sheet is for your go bag, and for school or a trusted adult.
- Sources listed at the end, so you can check any number for yourself.
What is in it
- 1. The family plan and practice drillsA plan only works if everyone knows it. This section helps you write a simple plan, give each family member a job and practice it in short, calm sessions.
- 2. BabiesBabies depend on you for every feed, every layer of clothing and every safe place to sleep. This section covers feeding without power, safe sleep in cold or heat, diapers and a baby go bag.
- 3. ToddlersToddlers move fast, touch everything and need their comfort items. This section helps you keep them close, keep them calm and pack a toddler go bag.
- 4. School-age children and teensChildren from about 5 to 18 can learn real skills. This section covers school and childcare plans, pickup lists, emergency cards, memorized numbers and real roles for teens.
- 5. Keeping children warm or cool, with food and waterChildren lose heat faster and heat up faster than adults, and they cannot fix it themselves. This section covers safe warming and cooling, carbon monoxide, water and food.
- 6. Medicines, health and special health needsThis section helps you keep a clear record of each child's medicines and health needs, so you can pass it to a doctor, shelter or school. It does not give doses.
- 7. Talking with children, and routines during an outageChildren cope better when adults are honest, calm and close. This section gives words by age, ways to limit the news, and ideas to keep days steady.
- 8. Leaving home with children, shelters, and petsIf you are told to leave, leaving early with a packed bag is easier with children. This section covers car seats, floodwater, keeping together, shelters and pets.
- 9. After the event: recovery, stress and when to ask for helpStress after a disaster is common in children and adults. This section helps you spot it, support your family and know when to call for help.
- 10. Worksheets and printable cardsThese forms hold the information a helper would need if you were not there. Fill in one set for each child, and keep them where you can find them in the dark.
Read a free sample
This is the opening of the guide, exactly as it appears in the PDF. Download the free sample PDF (4 pages: the cover, the one-page plan and a first taste).
Part 1
1. The family plan and practice drills
A plan only works if everyone knows it. This section helps you write a simple plan, give each family member a job and practice it in short, calm sessions.
Start small
You do not need a long binder. You need one page that says who does what, where you meet and who you call. Write it down, share it and practice it.
If you care for grandchildren on some days, include yourself. The plan should work no matter which adult is there.
Before you write the plan
- Find out which hazards affect your area: storms, floods, heat, winter weather, wildfire smoke or others.S1Ask your county emergency management office. Different hazards mean different plans.
- Sign up for local alerts.S13Wireless Emergency Alerts come to your phone. A battery or hand-crank NOAA Weather Radio works when the power is out. The FEMA app is another option.
- Talk with every adult who helps care for your children, including grandparents, sitters and neighbors.S1Ready.gov gives discussion questions: how will we get alerts, what is our shelter plan, what is our evacuation route, how will we reach each other, and what does each person need.
- Write the plan down, share it with everyone, and then practice it.S5The Family Emergency Communication Plan works in three steps: collect information, share it, practice it.
$12.99 one-time, instant download
- Secure checkout by Payhip
- Download link on screen and by email
- Read the free sample first
- No refund once downloaded
Questions
What exactly do I get?
Two PDFs in one download. The Quick Pack (11 pages) is the short version: the one-page plan, the checklists and the sheets to fill in and keep. The Full Guide (53 pages) has the reasons, worked examples and everything else. Open the Quick Pack first. Both are laid out for US Letter paper. You print them, or read them on a tablet or computer. There is nothing physical to wait for.
How do I get it after I pay?
Payment is handled by Payhip, a payment service for digital products. As soon as it goes through, you see a page with your download link, and the same link is emailed to you. This website never sees your card details.
Can I print it?
Yes. It is made for printing: big type, plenty of space to write, and worksheets you fill in by hand. Print the whole thing, or only the pages you need. Print at 100% size on US Letter (it also prints fine on A4).
Is it based on real sources?
Yes. Every instruction traces to an official source such as Ready.gov and FEMA, the CDC, the National Weather Service, the American Red Cross, the US Department of Energy and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The sources are listed at the end, with tags next to the items they support. It was fact-checked and safety-reviewed before publication. It is still general information, not professional advice, so check anything critical with your local authorities.
Is it just the free plan on a PDF?
No. The free personal plan gives you a checklist and your top priorities. The guides go further: decision rules, schedules, scenario walkthroughs and worksheets you fill in, written for one situation in depth.
Can I get a refund?
Read the free sample and the full contents list first, so you know what you are buying. Because this is a digital download, we cannot refund it once you have downloaded it. If you have not downloaded it yet, email hello@afternormal.co within 14 days and you will be refunded. If the file is faulty, will not open or is not what we described, email us and we will fix it, replace it or refund you. See the terms for the details.
Will I get updates?
Official guidance changes. If we revise this guide you will be able to download the new edition from the same link.