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Know The Hazards Of Your Childs Playground

• Learn about playground safety. Teach your child about safety--you are not always with them.

• Evaluate your child's playgrounds using the CPSC Handbook. Ask to see the maintenance records. Expensive is not necessarily safe.

• Notify school principal, child care center director, or public park director of serious playground hazards. Document your findings with the CPSC Safety Handbook. If no action is taken, go to the next higher level of administration--school board, parks board. Be courteous, factual, and informed.

• Regulate and limit your children's television viewing and provide regular opportunities for active play. Many children are injured because they have poorly developed motor skills. Excessive TV viewing coupled with junk food consumption is damaging to children's fitness and health.

• Visit child care centers of schools during outdoor playtime to evaluate playground supervision. At least two adults should be on the playground so that children are never left alone. The total number of children should not be greater than the equipment can reasonably accommodate. Supervisors should move about the playground--assisting, encouraging, and observing children.

• Determine whether all adults who supervise children during outdoor play have regular training in playground safety, first aid, and medical emergency practices.

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