Safety of children ... How often it depends on us, adults! Have you ever wondered: how much does your child know the rules of the road and safe conduct on the street? Do they obey? Someone may ask: "Why should the child explain the safety rules, if while he appears on the street only by the hand with an adult?" But it's not too far from the moment when your child goes to school, becomes an independent pedestrian and passenger ... And By this point he must have formed a conscious and safe behavior. On this depends the health, and sometimes the life of the child. Therefore, the conversation in this article is very serious: the child and the road are the foundations of security. Every parent should know this.
The most common causes of unhappiness occurring with children on the road are the crossing of the street in an unidentified place or the red light, a sudden appearance before moving vehicles. Accidents are repeated, in spite of the fact that children are taught in the kindergarten and at school to cross the street correctly. Your baby, it would seem, is familiar with the rules of the road. Is it so?
Talk with the child, watch him and assess whether he can independently navigate the road, make the right decisions. After all, most children feel confident on the street only after ten to twelve years. If your child is not ready, then when you go out into the street you should not only take him by the hand, but also bring up, first of all, a personal example: to convince and explain. Do not leave unanswered his questions related to the road, driving, accidents, etc., even if they seem insignificant to you. It is important! If you brush off his questioning, the child will make the conclusions himself, and not the fact that they will be true.
Tell the kid: "When the first cars appeared, there was still no traffic safety rules. A strange way gave way. Cars became more and more. Pedestrians began to fall under the wheels of cars, get bruises, serious injuries and even die. Then it was decided that there should be different roads on the street. One wide, in the middle, was taken for cars. On both sides, the tracks were made, for pedestrians. And everyone was happy, because no one disturbed anyone. Over time, the rules of motion, road signs, pedestrian crossings, traffic lights. "
Invite the child to imagine and tell what happened if people did not come up with the rules of the road. (Pedestrians cross the road where they want, interfering with drivers and exposing themselves to great danger.) Conclusion make together: you need to know the rules of the road and carry them out, otherwise there will be confusion, which can lead to trouble. The kid should understand: the carriageway is intended for cars, the sidewalk for pedestrians, you can cross the road only in designated places.
We cross the road safely.
Next to the roadway, do not allow the child to run ahead of you, hold his hand tightly, do not forget that he can break free at any moment. Pay attention to the child's actions, the behavior of other pedestrians, otherwise the kid will get used to cross the road, not looking, relying on you. Toy kid take "hold" yourself: during the transition, he can release your hand and suddenly jump out onto the roadway for inappropriately a fallen ball or a doll.
If the kid wears glasses, remember that they do not correct the side vision, so important for the young pedestrian! Therefore, pay special attention to the child's typical situations with a closed review, teach to assess the speed of the approaching machine.
While waiting for the signal of a traffic light, some impatient citizens step onto the roadway, without waiting for the green light. It is much safer to stand in a step-one and a half from the curb, so as not to get under the wheels of a passing car.
Most likely, your baby already knows how to cross the roadway at a traffic light and will quote with pleasure: red light - there is no road, yellow - wait, and green light - go (or: while the green light is on, the path is open for the pedestrian). But these rules are not always respected even by adults. Explain to the child that the rules are violated by "bad" uncles and aunts, and you can not take an example from them. Tell the child that for complete safety you need to "look" towards the standing cars, even if you turn the road to green light. Explain why you can not stop at the transition.
Perhaps your child knows how to cross the road and on an unregulated transition (the "zebra" is, and the traffic light is missing). However, make sure of this. The best way, of course, is the game. Together with the baby, draw a road on a large sheet of paper, mark the transition. Take small toys (for example, figures from kinder-surprises) and play. When the road crosses, the child comments on the "actions" of the toy: went to the transition, stopped, looked to the left, if there are no cars nearby, I go out onto the roadway and walk along the "zebra". I got to the middle of the road, I saw if the cars appeared on the right. If so, I stop on the "security island", skip them and only then go on. The game will come in handy and small cars: you can become a driver, and a child a pedestrian, and vice versa.
At the stop.
You wait a long time for the bus, but it's all there and no ...
Stop at some distance from the roadway (the child is further than the adult). If you do not have a toy for your baby, just talk to him. Ask, in what and with whom he played, what he painted, sculpted in kindergarten, what he wants to do at home. You can go to the newsagent, consider magazines, buy what you like.
Do not allow the child to start games, walk on the curb separating the pavement from the roadway. This is dangerous, especially in wet weather or ice. The child may slip and fall under the stopping bus. In addition, if a passing car drives over ice, it will fly straight to the sidewalk. And if there is a puddle nearby, passing cars can simply pass you with the baby mud.
A lot of people gathered at the bus stop. You hold the child tightly by the hand, stand in the forefront. Here is the long-awaited bus. The crush begins eerie. You may be "pressed" into still closed doors, or they may push under the wheels, and "bring in" to the salon. Even for an adult, this is a stressful situation, but what is the child like?
It is better to exclude such trips altogether. If you have to travel together with your child during rush hours, then your place is not in the forefront, but among those who are quietly waiting their turn. After all, this bus is not the last, but the physical and mental health of the child is more expensive.
People stop to stop at the stop. On the sidewalk, along the very edge of the roadway. Give in to the general excitement and you. But do not do this. Not only that, stumbling, you can fall and carry away the child. You also risk together under the wheels! The kid is going through: "We will not have time, Mom (Dad) will leave, but I'll stay." Why risk your life and health, worry the child? Again, and this bus is not the last.
Finally you are in the cabin. The first is the child, the adult is behind him. Go forward to allow other passengers to enter. Remind the kid that you need to hold on to the handrail, you can not stick out in the open windows, throw out the garbage, get out of the vehicle until it stops completely. It will be better if you do this not in the form of notation, but, paying attention to similar situations with other passengers.
If the child jumps out of the bus first, he can stumble and fall, try to run across the road on his own. Therefore, in the beginning, an adult always leaves the transport. Standing to the left of the door, he helps the baby out.
In the car.
It was summer - the time of holidays, trips outside the city, to the country, to nature. Many make these small trips on their own car. As a rule, the child tries to take the place in the back seat first. If adults sit down then they can press it to the door. When driving, automatic door locking is not provided in all cars. Press the same button or pen adults simply forget. In this case, the door at full speed can flip open, and the child - fall on the road, under the wheels of other cars. Yes, and when you stop, the seated extreme child will not wait until adults get out of the car, and immediately jump out first. If he gets in this way on the roadway of the road, he will be in danger. Do not let this happen!
So, the child sat in the back seat, the door is locked. Here only children, especially small, such fidgets! Minute - and the favorite offspring stands with legs on the seat, makes faces in the rear window, opens the window, puts out his hand or, more dangerously, his head. In case of sudden braking or turning, the child standing on the seat can get into the gap between the seats and get serious injuries. Therefore, to transport a baby to twelve years in the back seat of the car you can only on your hands, fastened with a safety belt, or in a special child seat.
Traffic rules permit the transportation of a child up to twelve years of age and in the front seat (if he is in a child seat at the same time). To go in front very much it would be desirable to any child, especially to the boy. But the place next to the driver is the most dangerous in the event of a collision. So is it worth the risk? If the baby is still riding in front, do not forget about the seat belt. If it does not have automatic adjustment, pull it up manually. The belt, which is poorly adjusted, will not save the child from severe head and chest injuries in the event of sudden braking or collision.
To the trip was not tiring for the baby, play with it. Remember the good old finger games: "Soroku-blondoku" or less known:
This finger is a grandfather,
This finger is a grandmother,
This finger is Dad,
This finger is my mother,
This finger is me.
Here's my family!
With the youngest, play the games: "In what hand is hidden", "Call the cubs of animals", "Whoever says".
For older children, games like "Cities", "Say the opposite" (the child chooses antonyms for the given words: thick-rare, crying, laughing, etc.). Interesting game "If only, but if only." The child is offered to finish the sentence according to the scheme: "If I were ... (as an adult suggests), then I would ... because ...". It turns out like this: "If I was a car, it was racing, to quickly get anywhere", "If I were an apple, then green and sour, so that no one ate me." With such entertainments the travel time will fly by quickly.
Going on the road with the baby, try to have your actions demonstrate to him and care for his safety, and correct behavior in a variety of situations.
Did you happen to quickly run across the road to the red light while there are no cars nearby? If you have a car, are you always correct with respect to pedestrians and other drivers? Your child, walking along the street or sitting in the car, sees everything and remembers everything. Even minor violations of the rules can be a bad example for the baby. You are an indisputable authority for a child, your actions in all road situations should be correct.