Safety and Children
In my country there is no doubt that we love our children very much. In fact, one of the most obvious prevailing problems is that we have too many children in our midst. That is not the point I want to tackle though.
We love our children but we do not seem to care about their safety. There, I said it.
Regarding safety, this should be one of the priorities we should hold high, along with clean food and surroundings (these are related to safety too) education and growing up with love and care among other things.
Here are a few examples:
- almost no playgrounds in the urban areas (children play on the streets)
- children riding on motorcycles with adults. without helmets
- children packed in tricycles as a school service
- children allowed to ride horses without riding helmets and other gears
- children eating street food not cooked in good sanitary conditions
I could go on and on…
Let us keep the children’s safety a priority. If this is not a government priority, then as parents, we should do this for them.
