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Children's Health – Early Child Development
Keeping Our Children Safe as They Grow
Before you read this booklet
Please remember that :
- Children are naturally curious.
- It's hard to balance a child's natural urge to explore the world with
the need for safety.
- As children grow, their environment grows with them — presenting
many opportunities to learn. It also presents increasing and different safety risks.
- Children's short attention spans and limited ability to understand
the word "no," means that they quickly forget the intent of "no"
while they explore the things around them.
- Even when children understand the meaning of the word "no," they
find new ways to explore and seize the opportunity when an adult has left the room.
- One way of seeing things from your child's point of view is to get
down on your hands and knees and crawl around. Remember, you bring caution to your exploration, but your child brings curiosity.
Watch for :
- electrical cords that are easy to reach, can be chewed on and can get tangled around little hands and feet — pulling things like lamps or irons down on top of the child.
- sharp corners on furniture such as tables, chests or fireplace hearths that can hurt if bumped into.
- cupboard doors that contain inviting bottles containing dangerous substances such as cleaning fluids or medicines.
- small toys belonging to older children that can easily choke younger children, who put everything in their mouths.
- stools, chairs, etc., that children may learn to climb on to reach something high up.
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