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No Tricks, Just Treats! Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Offers 10 Tips for Halloween Safety
NEW YORK (Oct 25, 2007)
With Halloween approaching, parents are asking if trick-or-treating is safe. Dr. Meridith Sonnett, director of pediatric emergency services at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian, says that with a few precautions, Halloween can be a happy and safe occasion for all.
"It's important not to create too much fear in your children when you speak to them about Halloween safety,"says Dr. Sonnett. "But it's also essential that they understand that precautions must be taken."Trick-or-treating should be limited to familiar neighborhoods and neighbors.
The following are 10 tips that parents should remember:
- Always accompany younger children for trick-or-treating.
- If they are old enough to trick-or-treat by themselves, have your children go in groups—even if only on your block or in your building.
- If your children is going on dark streets, have them take a flashlight. If they are going in apartment buildings, accompany them inside.
- Do not let your children enter a stranger's home or apartment. Have them ask for the treats while waiting outside the door.
- If your children are trick-or-treating at nighttime, make sure their costume is bright in color, or have them wear reflectors.
- If they are wearing masks, make sure the eye holes are the right size and in the right place so that vision is not blocked.
- Instruct your children on proper street-crossing safety.
- Make sure costumes are made of non-flammable material and are short enough so that they don't trip.
- Do not let them eat any candy before they get home and you examine it.
- Make sure they throw away any unwrapped foods.
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian
Ranked by U.S.News & World Report as one of the top ten children's hospitals in the country, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian offers the best available care in every area of pediatrics—including the most complex neonatal and critical care, and all areas of pediatric subspecialties—in a family-friendly and technologically advanced setting. Building a reputation for more than a century as one of the nation's premier children's hospitals, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian is affiliated with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and is New York City's only hospital dedicated solely to the care of children and the largest provider of children's health services in the tri-state area with a long-standing commitment to its community. Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian is also a major international referral center, meeting the special needs of children from infancy through adolescence worldwide.
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