The Importance of Kids Safety Movement
By: Natalya
The Kids Safety Movement was a very important event to remember to this day. In the 1970’s when children were born, hospitals would charge parents a lot in their insurance funds. Also, back then there were no car seats, or gates. Since then, car seats were never invented so more children can get hurt easily. Over the past years everything has changed.
Child Seats
Over the years a man named Leonard Rivkin came up with a brilliant idea. CAR SEATS!! Leonard Rivkin has also made the most popular
children seats called The Booster Seats. Booster seats were very popular back then and now, kids under 4-7 unless kids are too small now will be allowed to use the booster seats. Car Seats are exactly like Booster Seats but the only difference is that Car Seats have belts that are connected to the baby seat and it protects the child from getting hurt.
Bike Helmets
When it comes to training kids to ride a bike its very hard to keep them safe because its not YOU riding the bike its your CHILD thats riding it. Sometimes kids don’t like wearing their helmets just because its cool and other kids are wearing it, but what kids don’t know is when you have your helmet on it will protect you when you fall but when you don’t have a helmet on kids. Your helmet will only work if you put it on
properly. Make sure your helmet isn’t too big or too small. If you are worried that your helmet isn’t right for you, you can ask someone that works at a bike store.
Bike helmets, baby gates, and car seats are all inventions that help keep kids safe. Parents rely on safe products that need to be used correctly to keep their children safe. With today’s technology it has been very helpful because less kids get hurt and more kids are safer.