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Exeter Times—Advocate Wednesday, June 21, 2006
SUMMER SAFETY
Now is the time to be extra cautious
Will your child be spending time bike riding, swimming, walking or at
the playground this summer? Make sure he or she stays safe, says
national injury prevention program Safe Kids Canada. Here's how:
Ride safe
• Wear a helmet. It can reduce the risk of head
and brain injury by as much as 85 per cent.
• Under 10? Stay off the road. Children
under 10 don't have the physical and
mental skills to ride in traffic. If your child
is over 10, teach road safety
and supervise until he or she can ride
safely alone. •
Swim safe
• Under five? Children under five have the
highest risk of drowning. Put them in a life-
jacket and stay right beside them at all times.
Walk safe
• Under nine? Don't cross the street alone.
Children don't develop the judgement to cross the street safe-
ly until at least age nine. Make sure your child cross-
es with an adult or older responsible child.
011• Over five? Emergencies can happen anytime, even if
your child can swim well.Supervise right through the teenage years.
• Fence your pool. Keep your child and others safe by surrounding
the pool area with a four-sided, four -foot high fence with
a self -latching gate.
• Slow down. Children hit by a car going 50
km/hr are eight times more likely to die as
those hit by a car going 30km/hr.
Play safe
• Keep it low. Most children are hurt on
playgrounds when they fall. Use play-
grounds with a deep, soft surface and
keep children under five on equipment
that is no more than five feet high (1.5
metres).
For more information about summer safety,
call Safe Kids Canada at 1 -888 -SAFE -TIPS
519-723-3847 or visit www.safekidscanada.ca.
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