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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-05-24, Page 7Parents Can Cause Accidents Lives of all family members are changed in every home where a serious accident occurs. There are no limits to the price a family may pay for en acci- dent. Beyond the obvious costs, measured in dollars and cents, there are others which may be even more difficult to pay: and these hidden costs can never be covered by an insurance policy, It would be absurd to ask any normal parent what price they would take for a child's eyes, arm or leg. But that same child can be maimed for life by his parents' carelessness or in- difference to accident hazards, writes Rosemary Schaefer of the Home Safety Education Committee of the American Home Economics Association, After the damage is done, no amount of money can make the child just as he was before, will- ing as his parents may be, to spend everything they have to bring him back to his former self. What was the price paid by three-year-old Mary's family after she was left for a few moments near an unguarded bonfire? After weeks of suffer- ing and painful treatments, Mary recovered. But she was badly disfigured. How did her parents face their problems of treating Mary so she would feel at ease with others? How did they avoid too much sympathy so that Mary would not feel that she was dif- ferent from her brothers and sister? How did they manage to have Mary feel that she was receiving the same treatment as the others? How did the parents teach Mary's brothers and sis- ters to be careful, but not over- ly fearful? Home accidents may weigh more heavily for a time on parents or older family mein- bers but, in the long run, chil- dren are likely to suffer most, especially if they are robbed of the kind of home life that they NO SAD SACK — Burlap's for chicken feed, traditionally. But this burlap is for slick chicks. It's woven into a high-fashion fabric and styled in a mandarin coat for summer wear. Hand- bag is also of burlap, Down -on - the -farm material carne to New York City for first showing in its new make-up. need for their best all round development. Usually some family member has a greater physical or fin- ancial burden to bear. He may have to sacrifice his own life ambitions to provide for the in- jured one. Some may suffer throughout life from a struggle to overcome feelings of remorse for causing an accident: or feel- ings of guilt for not preventing it. The injured person may be- come the center of all family concern, causing jealously on the part of the others. The greatest tragedy of acci- dents is that most of them could have been prevented. Authorities on accidents and their causes tell us that acci- dents do not "just happen." Accidents are caused. Accidents kill more children under 14 years than any di- sease. Horne, where children are forming life - long living habits, has most of the accidents. The homemaker would seem to bear the major share of res- ponsibility for teaching chil- dren safety. Her children must learn safety from her as she teaches them courtesy and man- ners, Some Hazards Do women give as much at- tention to ridding their homes of accident hazards as they do to fashions? Disorder, wrong equipment for the job, im- proper use of good equipment, hurry, carelessness, anxiety and fatigue — all the basic causes of accidents — would disappear for the most part, if they did. Disorder: It is the parents' responsibility to provide stor- age space for all materials and equipment used by the family. All family members are respon- sible for keeping all things in their places. Working or walk- ing in cluttered areas, stepping over objects, or striking ob- jects that are out of their ac- customed places, cause falls, burns and bruises, with painful and disabling injuries. Wrong Equipment: Hurry tempts mother to use too small a kettle. Food boils over and mother or child receives a burn. Father uses a knife for a screw driver, or a chair for a make- shift ladder. Cuts and falls re- sult. Such examples, set by careless parents, emphasize the need for practicing better home management. Wrong Use of Proper Equip- ment: Modern home equipment, designed for safety, makes it increasingly difficult to do a job the dangerous way. Round- ed corners on ranges and refri- gerators reduce the number of bad bumps on sharp edges. They also lessen the temptation to pile things dangerously near edges, Emotional Attitudes Anxiety and fatigue can cause accidents among family mem- bers. After a breakfast table argument, the harried house- wife may spill hot liquid on herself or absent mindedly leave a sharp instrument within reach of small groping hands. An upset father may have an accident that has far reaching implications. One well establish- ed farmer, after a disturbing argument with his wife, was so preoccupied that he refueled his tractor with the motor running. An explosion seriously injured him. His son had to come home from college to help run the farm. His daughter postponed 'VIEW RECORD — Parry O'Brien is showing the determination that enabled him to hurl the 16 -pound shot to a new world outdoor record. At the annual Intermountain AAU track and field meet he achieved a new record of 61 feet, 1 inch. her marriage plans. His wife gave up her community activi- ties to care for him. Responsible Families Cooperate What can be done to make a home the place where all mem- bers of the family can develop, . grow, enjoy protection, and make a valuable contribution to the community? The answer is family shared responsibility and cooperation, Safety education in the home has been vague on the positive side. Much safety education for children has been the kind that Willie Brown received. His mother let him go swimming, but she didn't teach him to swim. She merely said, "Don't drown!" Naturally Willie Brown did drown. Today, more parents realize the necessity of swimming instruction before they permit Willie to go swim- ming just as more parents real- ize the importance of building safety into houses. Homemakers would profit by knowing many of the industrial safety education practices. In- dustry has analyzed jobs to see what can be done to eliminate hazards. They constantly check to see that all working equip- ment is in good order. They supervise workers to see that they work safely. One farm family organized to eliminate hazards because an engineer son became so critical of the many hazards he saw about his home, after he had be- come accustomed to safe indus- trial practices. The grade children were call- ed detectives and they went about discovering and report- ing unsafe work practices and hazards. Father and engineer son went over all working equipment to see that it was in good order and repaired it necessary. The father pointed out many things that each could do to eliminate' hazards. Mother was appointed captain to check with family members to see that each was carrying out the family safety plan. As this safety plan went into FAMED RESCUE STREET' of the Federal Civil Defense Administration's Olney, Mkt., rfset'o school, a $200,000 collection 0f carefully -designed ruins similar to the various Stritetl res civil defense rescue workers would face back home in extricating victims of bombings. Up to 70 students :)Te ehPelre•d ( CDA Photo) Mit on the jidilt-in obstaclesduring aach week ortwo-week course. effect the parents learned the importance of examples they were setting for their children. Their every action was watch- ed. The children were quick to point out every violation of a safety rule. If one of the young- est children imitated a danger - our parental practice, it was quickly recognized. All came to realize that carelessness by any one of them perilled the lives and happiness of all. Each began to study and sug- gest the safety way to do farm and home jobs. All were more alert to danger spots about the house and farm. As they work- ed, they questioned them- selves, "Am I doing this the safe way? How can I do this more safely?" This family learned that or- ganization and conferences are the keynote to a successful safety program for any family. Soon this home and its sur- roundings changed from a place of danger to one of safety. By eliminating hazards and adopt- ing safety practices they an were more effective members of the family and community groups. They set examples for safe family and community life. One of the biggest obstacles to family safety is that women are not taking an active enough part in home safety organiza- tions. 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