Trick~or~Treat a Safety Guide for Children!

Trick-or-Treat Safety Guide for Children

 

Deneale K. Williams, Yahoo Contributor Network
Oct 1, 2007

It's that time of year again! Trick-or-treat!

  In my neighborhood, no matter who or what you try to get "going," it just doesn't happen. People send flyers for a neighborhood bash, and nothing happens. Not even the one who sent the flyer was seen participating. Send out flyers for a neighborhood sale, and no one has time. Send out a flyer asking neighbors to turn on their porch lights for Halloween, and not a light is lit the night of trick-or-treating.

 

Before you ask, there are a lot of kids in this neighborhood. A lot of people of various ages, and ethnicity.

So we take our trick-or-treating elsewhere.

Here are a few tips I have to share with you, to help you in your holiday venture this Halloween:

 

1. Do not eat candy as you are trick-or-treating. If you want to eat candy then bring some from home, rather than those supplying it, bring along your own. This was you know you are safe.
2. Inspect all candies when you get home. If the packages are torn open, throw them away. If it is fruit or vegetables, "some" local hospitals will X-ray them for you. Otherwise, you might want to consider throwing them away. Check this out with your local Hospital, and "sometimes" they even do it for free!!
3. If you have any doubt what so ever, trash it, don't take any chances.
4. Only go to neighborhoods you know, or people you know-this in itself will prevent any problems.
5. Have members of your family give out candy to your children, call them in advance and set it up. Then go visit your family members around town, showing off your costumes, and getting candy that will not be tainted.
6. If worse comes to worse, go to the store and buy a bunch of various bags of candy, and give it to your children. If you have no where to go, and they still want to dress up spooky, or crazy-let them. They can still walk the dog, or walk around proudly displaying their costume. People will look, point and smile. It is still fun.
7. Some churches will have trick or treat games and fun in your neighborhood, check into that. Some even make fun houses!
8. See if you can get your neighborhood to participate in a trick or treat, if you can-do it. Set a date and time, and porch light scenario and then have fun within your own neighborhood.
9. Some Schools might have a Halloween costume dance. This is also much safer then trick or treating in an unwatched or unknown area. 

There are going to be others who can offer you more sound advice. I suggest reading it, and doing what all you can to protect your child or children. Children are our future, and they need protected.
It is a sad shame that people have ruined what used to be a fun and safe Holiday, just for the candy, and happiness of our children. It is up to you and I, to clean it back up. It starts with us, so let's get the ball rolling to make a difference.
 


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Advise: Air Fresheners for Diaper Odors

Air Fresheners for Diaper Odors

Deneale K. Williams, Yahoo Contributor Network
Jun 8, 2008

 

How embarrassing. But sadly, bodily functions cannot be avoided. However, eliminating the odor, is something we can control. Here today, a Mother to five- I am here to offer you my advise.

"Eeeewww, what is that smell?!"

 

 

For starters, as soon as the diaper is changed and ready to be thrown out, take it directly to the dumpster, out side trash can, anywhere but in the house. If you can't do it, perhaps you can have someone do it for you. And if you must keep that raunchy smelling diaper in the trash and in the house, you might want to turn the ceiling fan on. In the meantime, maybe light a few scented candles, out of reach of your child. Perhaps maybe even an in scent too. There are also sprays that they claim are now natural and better for our environment, and eliminate germs. However, some people prefer not using aerosols.

If the diaper you removed is soiled with poop, my advise if you are unable to get the diaper out of the house, go to your bathroom, and dip the diaper into the toilet and rinse the poop into it and flush. Not flushing the diaper!! With store bought diapers this is more difficult, because the diapers will continue absorbing the toilet water. This routine is best used with the cloth type diapers. To help out, you can use the handle of the toilet brush and scrape the soiled diaper into the potty. After-wards, please be sure to rinse thoroughly the toilet brush in the toilet too. Please remember NOT to flush any diapers period.

With cloth diapers, there are diaper hampers. In those diaper hampers, in the lid is where you put this scent thing, much like the scented items you hang on the inside of the toilet ring. If you cannot find these, toilet companies and hardware stores sell them, because they are often used in male urinals. These are harmful if swallowed and are eaten, please keep out of reach of children! Also, these diaper hampers are dangerous if your child attempts to climb inside, the could possibly drowned.
Another remedy for any annoying scent, is in the bottom of your trash can, or even trash bag, dump a small amount of pine-sol, into the bag or can to help fight odors.

There are air fresheners that you can now plug into outlets to help eliminate odors as well. They can't hurt. Another thing you might want to try is dumping a little bit of baking soda onto the poop inside the diaper, rolling the diaper up, making sure to thoroughly close it, and then toss it into the trash. Baking soda is supposed to absorb odors, and we all know, it works in the cat box!

An even simpler solution and less costly, open the window! If you do not get the diaper out of the house, the odor will linger, there is no way around it! Maybe you could consider putting a trash can right outside the back door, just for those nasty diapers that truly knock your socks off! LOL
The next thing to look forward to- potty training. You will be glad to be rid of those diapers, and their cost! Trust me! Good luck, diapers aren't one of my fondest memories! LOL
 
Please note: If ever you buy and use unsafe and harmful chemicals, and your child gets a hold of them, please call your local poison control center immediately. Upon transportation to the Hospital, please get in touch with your local pediatrician. You can never be too safe, all it takes is looking away once. Put all dangerous chemicals up and out of reach at all times. Any child age group, will check them out. Safety first!

Published by Deneale K. Williams