Manage Risk, Avoid Danger – A Sensible Approach to Child Safety

The Child Safety Education Coalition (CSEC) has a website dedicated to encouraging and supporting activities which contribute to a reduction in unintended injuries to children and young people. In order to achieve their aim the member organisations will work together to educate and protect children from real dangers whilst at the same time provide opportunities for them to develop a common sense approach to risk and confidence.

Children Must Not be Wrapped in Cotton Wool.

This is a welcome approach: The Health and Safety Executive has published a light hearted myth of the month item for a couple of years now, many of them centred round unfound policies relating to the safety of children. This coalition which is promoting a common sense approach to risk, where children are allowed to play conkers and throw snowballs but are protected from real dangers, like being scolded by a radiator should be encouraged.

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Safety Training Programs

Safety training programs must be implemented in the workplace. Other programs can be used and implemented as voluntary programs. The easiest way to determine if your programs are mandatory or voluntarily is to view the OSHA or state standards pertaining to the situation at your workplace. Remember that OSHA sets the federal standards for workplace safety. Your state or local government may require further requirements. Please always check what those requirement are as you enact your safety programs.

Here is an example of a situation where a safety training program is mandatory.

An employer assess the workplace and determines that workers need to use hearing protection. Sound levels had been monitored and it was determined that noise exposure levels exceeded OSHA standards. Whenever workers use any type of personal protective equipment (PPE) training on the use of any PPE is always mandatory and a written training program is required.

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Can Social Media-Networking For Kids Be Educational?

As you know although I use both social media and networking sites, I dislike the way they can make certain users ‘anti-social’ because they become almost addicted to the social media world rather than living in the real one. However is this the same for children or can social sites be educational?

My own children use social networking sites specifically designed for younger children (under 13′s). They use Neopets, Whyville and MoshiMonsters. They use Neopets less and less now as they concentrate on Whyville the most. If you ask them why they like Whyville, their answers differ. My eldest likes the joining all the clubs within Whyville itself and my youngest likes chatting to other children in the US, as we are in the UK she finds it amazing that she can talk to other kids around the world. But is this doing them more harm then good?

I am quite an old-fashioned Mum. I like my kids to be polite, to eat all their food (you don’t eat your dinner, you don’t get your pudding!), to do their homework as soon as they get in from school so it’s over and done with etc. But I do let them use the family computer a lot as they use laptops at school and they need to know how to use one, not to mention, the need to learn internet safety.

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