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Child Safety is Parent’s Responsibility

02.11.2006 · Posted in It Articles

All parents want to keep their children safe from harm. At one time, this simply consisted of telling the child not to talk to strangers and having household furnishing placed so that the child would be hurt. Standard methods of child safety were concentrated on the home such as keeping lids of pots facing inward so that children would not reach for them and be scalded by hot liquids, warning them not to touch the hot surface of the stove, keeping medicines safely out of their reach and keeping electrical outlets plugged so that they were unable to poke object in there. These child safety measures are still practiced but other dangers have arisen in society that requires parents to be more diligent than ever.

Child Safety in Vehicles

When travelling in a vehicle, regulations are now in place that require children under the age of 8 to sit in a car seat. The size of the car seat required changes as the child grows. Mothers are not allowed to take newborn babies home from the hospital unless there is a car seat installed in the vehicle. The carrying seat for infants and children less than 1 year old should never be placed in a front seat where the air bag is operational. When they are in the back seat they should be facing the rear rather than the back of the front seat and an adult should be in the back seat with the child. The child should be tightly installed in the seat with the harness straps secured snugly. From ages 1 to 4, the car seat can be placed so that the child is facing toward the front. Toddlers and young children sometimes need to have a booster seat so that they use the vehicle seat belts. The shoulder belt must rest across the chest and on the shoulder, but must never be placed under the child

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