Injuries are preventable
Recently, I saw a pin with Mickey Mouse skateboarding. Visible on this tiny pin, Mickey had all the safety gear: knee pads, elbow pads, and, most importantly, a helmet. Even Mickey Mouse knows injuries are preventable!
This year's Safe Kids Week, celebrated June 5-11, focuses on promoting safe and active transportation: walking, biking, and wheeling (which includes skateboarding, scootering, and other wheeled activities). The campaign, called "Everyday Superhero", got me thinking about that Mickey Mouse pin.
Demonstrating safe behaviours
While it is great to see famous characters using the gear and demonstrating safe behaviours, we only need to look at the people around us, in our own homes and communities, to realize who the real famous people are in our children's lives.
Studies tell us that parents, aunties, uncles, friends, and neighbours have a far greater influence on the safety behaviours of our children. These are the everyday superheroes who can make a difference!
You won't catch Mickey Mouse without a helmet, and Goofy doesn't text and cross the street, but do you?
- Do you always wear a helmet?
- Do you put your phone away when walking or crossing the street?
- Do you wear the right safety gear for the wheeled activity?
Join Northern Health and participate in Safe Kids Week. Our capes are invisible, but we are all everyday superheroes to the kids in our lives.
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