Archive for May, 2009

Playground safety

Playgrounds and outdoor play equipment provide fun, fresh air, and exercise, but they also can pose some safety hazards. Faulty equipment, improper surfaces, and careless behavior are just a few of the hazards of playgrounds. Many of these could be prevented with the proper supervision. You can make the playground a place that’s entertaining and safe for your kids by checking equipment for potential hazards and following some simple safety guidelines. And teaching kids how to play safely is important: If they know the rules of the playground, they’re less likely to get hurt. Playground injury is a serious and common childhood event. The natural environment provides great opportunities... Read More

Outdoor safety

All children are eager to play outdoors. While the outdoors provides a wonderful outlet for children to release energy, there is always the potential for “accidents”. Children need and want to take risks when they play. It is therefore important to offer children stimulating, challenging environments for exploring and developing their abilities. It is however also important that the environment should be such that children are not exposed to unacceptable risk of severe injury. Getting outside with the family is great, but kids outdoor safety is an important factor not to be overlooked when planning outdoor activities. Sun safety Infants’ skin is particularly susceptible to... Read More

Indoor Safety

Plan child proofing of the house before the child’s first arrival at home and keep updating with the development of the child. Try crawling around the house on your knees and see where you can reach and what you can touch. All of these things that you see from child’s eye have to be child proofed. Child proofing is essential and possible at your home but when you visit somebody only child proofing that works is continuous supervision. Here’s the list of things that we see in every household and what can you do to make them child proof.   Chemicals and other substances Keep all dangerous substances, medicines, chemicals and other poisonous substances out of reach of the... Read More

Kids Safety

This section is dedicated to the safety of our kids, the most important asset that we have. “SUPERVISION” is the magic word when it comes to the child safety. Most of the childhood accidents are avoidable if we can supervise the little ones by ourselves and with the help of the kids safe technology at our hands. Having said that, it takes only a split second for the accident to happen. Only way to avoid that is the preventitive steps and making kids surroundings child safe. In the current market there are childsafe products available for any given situation. In most of the developed world there are kids safe centres that provide education and guidelines to the parents free of cost. If you... Read More

Teaching kids about caring

If you are consistently caring and compassionate, it’s more likely that your children will be too. Children watch their parents, and other adults, and learn how to behave. Some studies have shown that children can show signs of empathy and concern from a very early age. The most important thing you can do is to let your children know how much it means to you that they behave with kindness and responsibility. When you catch your child doing something that’s not right, you should let them know right away that you don’t want them doing that ever again. Speak to your child firmly and honestly, and keep your focus on the act, not on the child. Make them understand that all living... Read More

Social skills

From the day we are born till the end of life we are in relationships with many people. To deal with these relationships in flawless ways we need to master the social skills. Social skills are the basic building blocks of our life from playground to school and in our adult life. Social skills need to be taught and learned. In fact we learn or refine one or another social skill on everyday of our life. Unless parents learn how to build a loving, stable and peaceful relationship with each other, they probably won’t build a good relationship with their children. Developing social skills in the kids will start from the very early stage and it will include: Listening Being patient Respecting... Read More

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