• Child has a growing sense of self and ability.

• Strength, motor skills and coordination develop
at their own rate. Children the same age my not
have the same skills or abilities.

• Starts looking to friends for peer acceptance.

• Teach kids how to walk safely: look left, right and left again before crossing the street.
• Children under 10 years need to cross the street with an adult.
• Teach kids not to run or dart out into the street or cross between parked cars.
• Make sure your child has the right size helmet and wears it every time when riding, skating or scooting.

• Enroll your child in swimming lessons when you feel your child is ready.
• Teach kids never to go near or in water without an adult present.
• Make sure your home pool or spa has a proper drain cover.

• Bring a water bottle and take regular breaks.
• Know signs and symptoms of dehydration and get medical care immediately: muscle cramping, faintness or dizziness, nausea, rapid heartbeat.
• Make sure to have the right equipment and wear it for both practice and games.
• Know the signs and symptoms of concussion and seek medical care immediately.

• Keep your child in a forward-facing car seat with a harness until they reach the top limits for height and weight of the car seat before switching to a booster seat.
• Keep kids in the back seat of the vehicle.
• Keep your child in a booster seat until he/she is big enough to fit in a seat belt properly (or at least until the age of 8 years old).
• Never leave child alone in or around vehicles.

• Keep cleaning products in their original containers.
• Safely throw away old medicines and other poisons.
• Read product labels to find out what can be hazardous to kids.
• Save the Poison Help Line in your phone, 1-800-222-1222.
• Keep medicine, cleaning agents, paints, and other chemicals out of the reach of children.
• Install safety latches/devices where dangerous items are stored.

• Do not allow children to use a microwave by themselves until they are both tall enough to reach it safely and able to understand that steam can cause burns
• Actively supervise bigger kids in the kitchen and around electrical appliances
• Keep gasoline and lighters in a safe place and out of reach of children.
• Teach children never to play with matches, lighters or fireworks.
• Install working smoke alarms in all rooms.
• Cover electrical outlets and keep cords out of reach of children.
• Always place hot fluids or foods in a safe place before carrying or holding child.

• Store guns out of the home, or keep unloaded and locked in a place separate from ammunition
• Teach child never to touch a gun, tell an adult if you see one
• Talk to family and friends about safe gun storage