Be ready to act it out for kids

Many a times I have to give a clear message to my kids, like, not to play with electric gadgets. I have found that acting it out works better than telling them.

So rather than telling them that playing with electric gadgets is dangerous, I would do a dramatic acting of getting an electric shock. I would go to the extend of talking to the doctor over phone regarding it, and telling my kids that doctor scolded me for not being careful. That works much better than any long lectures.

In cases where I can't really act it out, like when explaining them the dangers of crossing road without paying attention, I rely on youtube! I first tell them, then show couple of youtube videos of silly road accidents and then reinforce it by telling what went wrong. With kids, it seems, seeing is believing!