HISTORY ON THURSDAYS WITH COLLYBRIGHT
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THINGS THAT POSE THREAT ON CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE
Children are
beautiful, they are little angels! One thing about these angels, they love this
world, they love to explore their environment and their level of
inquisitiveness and curiosity, trust me, is unmatchable!
Due to their level of
curiosity, they tend to be ''carefree",
they believe in the world for their safety, meaning that they count on us for
survival and safety as behaviorists and psychologists say, when a child is not
taken care of, he tends to live and grow with the sense of insecurity and lacks
the trust for the world. So you can see, aside the health hazard of their
unsafe environment, their mental state is also questioned.
Here are lists of
things in the house that could endanger a child(ren) if not properly managed,
and adequate precautions are taken.
1. Bathtub, Swimming
pool.
This is the commonest
hazard children are prone to. Naturally, children love water, you cannot take
that away from them. Therefore, leaving them alone near such things could
endanger their lives. It's no matter how shallow the water is, at least we have
heard cases about children who have head-turned into a bucket of water and suffocated.
So don't ever be deceived by the shallowness of the water you have around.
If you have a swimming
pool, FOR THEIR SAKE, make a rail round it that you are sure they cannot
squeeze through. And for children's pool, please always be close by, and of
course when you a child of lower age amongst children of older ones, if you
can't ban it, then stay close. And for bathtubs, put a caution on that, get
keys for the BATHROOMS when you are not around, and the toilet, endeavor to
make it safe enough.
2. Electric Sockets
and Appliances.
This is another thing
that pose a threat on children’s lives. Now, it's not like they know what it
is, but when they've seen you go near that socket, see the way you plug that
pressing iron, operates that electric cooker, or even charge your phone, it's sticking
to their head. For everything a child sees, he learn and he put into practice
(as that's how it sticks in them).
For parents who
always send their 3 4 5 6 years old children to go and do anything plugging
into an electric socket, please desist from it.
3. Sharp Edges and
Broken Objects
Children learn from plays,
which means that you can't take that away from them but rather make their play
safe or make the environment safe for their plays. Falling is normal when kids
play. However, there are a high rate that they will fall upon the sharp edges
of furniture or broken objects in the house.
Therefore, parents
should cover these edges with protective pads and also make use of plastics in
the house rather than glass cups or plates. Parents should ban kids from
jumping from the bed to the ground. You shouldn't put obstacle nor glass
objects in their playing and running areas either. Make it hazard--free
environment.
4. Small Objects
At tender age,
children learn better with their mouth most especially at the oral stage of
development. That is why whatever a child holds, the first thing he want to do
is to know what that thing is (learn) by simply assessing it with his mouth.
That's why even a child who is still being breast-fed, would sometimes just
want to have the mother's nipple in his mouth, not because he wants to eat but
to him it's a way he is learning about his mother.
Considering this, you
know that whatever these children stumbles on, the first thing they want to do
is put it in their mouth. As from the fact that it's unhygienic, it also poses
a threat on their health as some of these children will just want to taste and
in the process ignorantly swallow them.
So, parents put away
small objects like buttons, pins, etc. Besides, small fruits like berry, nuts,
etc... can make them choke too. Parents should take care when feeding kids
these.
5. Medicine.
I don't think we need
to emphasize this. Even on the medic pack, it's always written
boldly, KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF
CHILDREN.
In children's eyes,
drugs (pills) with colors look exactly like sweet candy. They can't distinguish
them, and are not aware of their danger either. If even the drugs are for them,
the sweet taste could actually make them want to take more thereby making it
overdose.
Therefore, parents
should keep drug shelf or boxes beyond the reach of these children.
In conclusion,
parents should always have a keen interest in their children's safety.
Source: Mccollybright.blogspot.com.ng
About The Author: Adeshile Adekolajo
Adeshile
Adekolajo is a graduate from the University of Abuja, He works for Ntel
Nigeria and he owns - Mccollybright.blogspot.com
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