High Accident Rate Calls for Safety Tips This Halloween
While your kids (or maybe you!) prepare to dress in your best costume and celebrate All Hallow’s Eve, it is important to remember safety. The amount of accidents increases substantially on Halloween. With the combination of distracting costumes and the high likelihood for children to dart out into traffic, Halloween has turned into an annual event with one of the highest rates of injury. So what should your children be keeping in mind?
–Pick costumes that your kids can see through. Impaired vision is one of the leading causes of accidents for children.
–Remind your children to use crosswalks and look both ways before crossing the street.
–Make sure your kids remember not to get into cars or talk to strangers.
–Be careful with any props that could actually hurt your children or their friends. While plastic knives, guns and swords are a fun add to a costume, they are potentially dangerous.
–Make sure costumes and wigs are flame retardant and any candles inside pumpkins are far away from a door or anything that could catch fire.
–Teach children their home number and 911 in case of emergency. If they are going out on their own, you may want to consider lending them a cellular phone.
–Get costumes that are bright and reflective or add reflective tape to their trick-or-treat bags for better visibility.
My memories of Halloween with my children are some of my best. I realize it is a time to have fun and relax, but don’t forget to be safe.
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