Posted by Jim Love on June 14, 2010 · 4 Comments
I’m a paramedic and I invite you to put me out of business. And while you are at it to put a lot of emergency room doctors and nurses out of business as well. Here’s how:
- The very first time you put your child in a car- home from the hospital, have him or her in an age appropriate car seat.
- As your child grows, switch to an appropriate booster. And your little one always sees Mom and Dad, and the grandparents and siblings in seatbelts- always.
- Your child never sees your drive under the influence and never sees you text and drive- never.
- You build a fence around your pool and teach your children to swim and to never swim alone.
- Your child is taught its cool to wear a helmet while learning to ride a bike and long after- same with skates and roller blades.
- You teach and practice good nutrition- healthy eating introducing a variety of different foods.
- You exercise, ride or walk, play golf or tennis, canoe or ski. You teach your child that exercise is as fun- often better than a life of only TV and video games.
- You don’t smoke and don’t allow smokers around your kids.\You talk to your kids about the internet and internet safety. You get to know your child’s friends.
- You learn and teach appropriate stress management that does not involve alcohol, drugs or overindulging in food.
You teach that peace is preferred to fighting and love- especially of oneself – is the greatest gift of all.
Great advice – too often parents get into the ‘do as I say, not as I do’, but most of what kids learn is by watching what their parents DO!
.-= Rebecca Wear Robinson´s last blog ..Who is watching your children? =-.
Keep posting stuff like this i really like it
found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later