It's good to be lucky, about whom they say that he was born in a shirt. Judge for yourself: there, where the entire yard company fell into a pit and almost every one hurt, our hero will not have a single scratch. Lucky people avoid the problem, and if some trouble happens, everyone thinks that the person "got off with a little blood."
That really really was born under a lucky star. We do not know how it is with astrology, but with regard to child safety, the lion's share of the luckiness and unhappiness of the child depends on the parents. After all, we are preparing our baby for a meeting with the big world. And if the adult correctly prioritized, if he does not just lay straws, but points the child to dangerous places, if he gives him knowledge about how to find a way out of potentially dangerous situations, then half of the problems fall away by itself. As the Eastern proverb says: "The mind is the ability to get out of difficult situations, and wisdom is the ability not to get into them."
Let's start with ourselves
Children grow very fast, and if you thought yesterday that the worst thing is the fall of the baby from the stroller, today you do not have time to pick up the service from the table (the curious little chap just pulled the tablecloth on himself!).
Therefore, the most useful thing for parents is to learn one indisputable truth.
"Why in advance?" You ask, because you can not change the habit (in fact, the stereotype of behavior, a certain conditioned reflex) just as usual. "The usual actions are" inscribed "in our life chart, and it's not so easy to" write "them. To get rid of one habit that is dangerous for the child and replace it with another, safe, it takes three to four weeks, and it's not enough to say to myself: this I will not do anymore. The adult will need reasonable control over himself and his own actions. There is one very useful exercise Let all members of the family pobabl They also have other people to identify dangerous habits, one young mother had a completely innocent habit, she could walk around the house holding a toothpick in her mouth, when she was lost, no matter where, the woman was following a new one, and everything would be okay, but one day a toothpick found the baby and began to investigate it.To start, he poked himself with a thin and sharp wand in his hand.The roar immediately ran and was taken away.Fortunately, the hand, not the eye, suffered.
Sometimes you have to remind yourself: "Do not put a glass of hot tea on the edge of the table!"
Nine times you will repeat, and on the tenth you look - the cocky glass stands as if nothing had happened. However, you can get rid of the stereotype of behavior (the same habit) if you show persistence and a sincere desire to create a safe space for your child.
Parents of children under the age of 3-4 years must bring to the automatism of security habits.
On the edge of the table should not be anything hot.
Sharp objects do not have a place on the table, where they reach the child at least 1 chance out of 10. Cut bread - immediately remove the knife in place.
Medicines, household chemicals, flammable liquids - all this should be absolutely inaccessible to the kid.
Cords from household appliances, to which a crumb can reach, must be pulled out of outlets. In the free outlet, you must insert special plugs.
The gas supply to the burners must be shut off.
While holding a child, never take a potentially dangerous object into your hands. One has only to imagine what can happen if you suddenly throw up your hands or lose your balance. It's time to change dangerous habits to safe reflexes!
"Explanations"
If the above skills are clearly worked out, when the baby is only 4-6 months old, they will more than once help you and your family in the future. But the kid grew up and he already has something to explain. More precisely, it is necessary. The earlier the child himself is responsible for his own safety, the better. Words - not yet a very reliable adviser for the little girl. For him the visual-efficient method is more suitable.
Do not bother to pull the tablecloth several times, but you still do not listen to the crumb? Okay, then put a plastic cup of cool water on the edge of the table, the crumb will pull up the tablecloth - the glass will tip over, usually two times to secure the material firmly How to explain that the iron is burning, heat it slightly and let the baby touch it. Also under control, give a try a spiny cactus, help "gently" fall off the edge of the bed. Personal experience of collision with troubles will save the baby from big problems. Just do not overreact the stick, do not scare the child. And do not show all at once. Act gradually. Start with what interested the baby today. Identify something that you will never allow a child to do. The list of bans should be small, but "iron" - no indulgence, for example, you NEVER allow a kid to play with a gas hob.The next time, as soon as the child reaches out, you clearly say "you can not," take the crumb in your arms and all your kind of show how it's scary and terribly dangerous. The kid will feel and remember your sincere fright. The mechanism works at the level of the senses. However, such lessons can not be repeated often, otherwise the effect of a strong emotion is lost, you simply intimidate and confuse the baby. Your task is not to extinguish the initiative of the child, but to protect yourself from any specific potential problems.
Keep your eyes on!
Concerned about child safety at an early age is also useful because it is a wonderful training for parents. The habit of being vigilant is still very useful. You will learn to gaze intently into the world around you and notice exactly what is dangerous for the child. Later, when you have to leave the baby alone in the garden or send one to school, this orientation of thoughts helps to notice potential dangers ahead of time and take action.
Go till the end
Most parents do everything right. Show, explain, slightly frighten, give to feel. Only forget that everything must be done to the end. So it turns out that 20 times the crumbs were not allowed to climb the curtains to the windowsill, but in the 21st it turned out! And he will climb again there with tripled energy!
Judge for yourself what kind of a lesson the child will make, if the parents then strictly forbid it, then they say "you can not," but somehow sluggish and unconvincing. If a child can not do something, it can not always be.
It is important that all households are at one.
About the soul
There is one more aspect of the question that children should learn from the youthful nails. It's about the safety of the soul. This is not less, but perhaps more important than protecting physically, tempering, training the body and mind of the child. A young man should know and feel that his parents will always understand him, support him, join him, listen and prompt him. In this case, he is already growing more protected than the unsure of himself and the people around him.
A child who was surrounded by the reasonable attention of adults, does not want to harm himself and others, will not risk himself. The one who is insecure and weak always waits for help to come of itself. And often misses the time when you had to act. A person who has grown up with spiritual security, easily accepts help when it is indispensable. And he knows how to ask for it. And he can help those who need help.
To think that your little one is "already aware of this." If you have said something 10 times, and there have been no problems so far, this does not mean that they will not appear. Most of the potentially dangerous situations can be lost and discussed.
Hopefully, everything will form itself. Often the children of such parents do not tell them about the problem until everything goes too far. And why tell, if neither help, nor advice they still do not get.
Recover after a dangerous situation and start "cramming" in the baby all the safety rules at once.This is a dead-end way.To consistently and gradually - only so can the child be taught to our complex world.