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wazniksta
Great article. Better start crawling with the checklist.
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Emily Hutchinson
Very good to see an article about the importance of safety for kids around the house. I didnt realise there were safety controls for plumbing!
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Loretta O'Sullivan-Pippia
Often we think of kids health in terms of creating 'safe' environments (which is of course great) but the flip side to that is that kids don't learn about risk and how to manage it. Also, in an attempt to eliminate risk from children's lives we have almost totally eliminated their physical activity and free play, so we have created a very very unhealthy youth, a youth that is at risk of diabetes, heart disease, musculoskeletal problems and so forth, including early death. So breaking a bone may seem terrible, and it is understandable that you want to avoid it, but a broken bones usually heals without any consequences in 6wks, but physical inactivity leads to major long term health problems. So perhaps, yes create safe environments, but teach your kids about risk and enjoy free play and physical activity.
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