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child Lastly in terms of outdoor safety, Research shows that more children die playing on backyard playgrounds than on public playgrounds. Here are some tips on how to keep your children safe at home. Accidents can happen the moment your back is turned. Stay with your children the whole time they are playing on backyard play sets. Make sure the area under and around the play equipment is covered with soft materials. This will help protect injuries to the brain and bones when children fall. Rubber mulch, hardwood chips and pea gravel are best. Keep young children from playing on equipment designed for older children. Children under the age of 6 should not climb higher than 4 feet. Older children should not climb higher than 6 feet. Beware of spaces where your child’s head or body could get stuck. A child’s head can be trapped in openings between 3.5 and 9 inches wide. Try also keeping your child entertained by using educational games, board games and other fun things to do inside and outside. These can also be found at 4aKid. There is one prerogative when it comes to our children, and this is to protect them from nature, nurture and foul harm. This article has given many tips on how to keep your children safe, but it is imperative to do research in your own time and learn as much as possible regarding child safety. In addition purchasing some of 4aKid’s products will make your lives simpler and easier, and will ensure your child is kept safe whether swimming, outdoors or in the car. Remember CHILD SAFETY COMES FIRST! Ally Cohen Email: [email protected] Website: www.4akid.co.za Tel: [phone] pre & primary school guide • autumn 2015 5