There was a tragic article in the Chicago Tribune this past Sunday about the alarming increase of kids injured and killed by family members who were backing out of their driveways.
Naturally the usual culprits were to blame for this increase. We need to keep better statistic, enact new laws, the increase of SUV's and there poor visibility in backing up.
Blame it on anything but the driver. I guess it's to much to ask that some caution be used before backing up. It seems the parent profiled in the article saw two out of the three kids on the lawn, yet he still backed up. I know everyone is complaining about the fact that our days have been shortened to 22 hours and they don't have enough time to do anything. But come on, we can't sacrifice a few seconds out of the day and ensure our kids are kept out of harms way.
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Whatever happened to head counts. When I was a playcamp counselor at age 14 I was constantly doing headcounts and several boys survived that summer because of headcounts. If one was out of sight, you found him fast -- usually sliding down bannisters or about to jump down from the top of the slide or playing in the showers.
(15 sugared-up little boys aged 3-4 in my early adolescent care--scary!-- it is still the hardest job I ever had including working at the jail and serving drinks in a mosh pit, but I digress...)
That first sentence should have been stated in the form of a question...
Thank you for the advice.
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