Child Safety Education

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Take a moment and think about it. When you consider the fact that, as adults, we would never consider leaving the house without our id. We spend thousands on home and car alarms, we are even protecting our family pets with microchips; however, our most cherished possessions, our children, leave home without any identification.

There seems to be a general misconception concerning child safety and child identification. In speaking with parents, one thing becomes very clear. Parents commonly believe, that by recording their children’s fingerprints and DNA information, they have taken all the steps necessary in order to protect as well as provide identification for their children.

Thirty five years ago I was seven years old, and the 1970’s were approaching. This meant meant I was an unsuspecting subject for my mother’s zany sewing experiments. Floral flairs with pompom fringing. Hmmm. Back then I walked the three mile round trip to school each day, ambling along like I had all the time in the world, blatantly picking flowers out of people’s front gardens to give to my teacher so she wouldn’t mention I was late. I vaguely recall the occassional ’stranger danger’ message, but without actual case studies child abduction formed no more a part of parenting conversations back then as did the appropriate age for teenagers to get body piercings.

In the 15-year period from 1982 to 1996, the leading cause of death among young children was accidents, poisoning and violence (external causes) — these accounted for about 46% of all deaths among Australian children.

Although the death rate from external causes declined, it remained the leading cause of child death during this period. About a third of all child deaths from external causes were due to motor vehicle accidents (on average around 64 deaths per year) and drowning (on average 68 deaths per year).

Nursery rhymes and “ABC’s” are important things to teach a child. However, that shouldn’t be the parents’ only concern. Long before a child learns to speak, parents should have thought of ways to teach child safety.

Keeping children secure is every parent’s primary concern. Thus, it is very crucial that, along with educating the children with the numbers and letters, they be taught about what is safe and what is not.

What happens to a child basically depends on how the parents or guardians take care of him. The responsibility does not only start when the child is born, but should begin even while he is in the mother’s womb. Understanding child safety is crucial in the proper development of your child.

Millions of adults love and enjoy buying toys for children. However, many of these adults are not aware of the dangers of some toys. They are not even aware that toys regardless of being well-made can cause certain injuries to children, especially to toddlers. Because of this, child safety is not totally exercised in every home.