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 wellness minute safer kids sports: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In today’s Wellness Minute we give you tips in order to help your kids play sports safer.

Children are at greater risk than adults from sports and recreational injuries since they are unable to assess the risks involved and have less coordination, slower reaction times, and less accuracy. Children develop at different rates, both physically and psychologically. A less developed child competing against a more mature child of the same age and weight is at a disadvantage and may be at a greater risk for injury.

Children ages 5 to 14 account for nearly 40% of sports-related injuries for all ages. The rate and severity for sports-related injury increases with a child’s age.  Children who are new to a sport or activity are at greater risk of a sports- or recreation-related injury.

Children who do not wear or use protective equipment are at a greater risk of sustaining sports-related injuries. Lack of awareness for potential injury, inappropriate or unavailable equipment, and lack of money to purchase equipment are some of the reasons children do not use protective equipment.

Sports:

Baseball has the highest fatality rate among all sports for children ages 5 to 14. Each year, 3 to 4 children die from injuries sustained while playing baseball

Gymnastics has one of the highest injury rates among girls’ sports and the risk of injury increases with the level of competition

Basketball: In 2002, Most injuries out of all sports than 207,400 children ages 5 to 14 were treated in hospital emergency rooms for basketball-related injuries

Recreational Activities

Bicycling: Most injuries come from bikeing than any other recreational activitymore than 373,000 children aged 14 and under were treated in hospital emergency rooms for bicycle-related injuries.

Playgrounds: #2 Nearly 20 children ages 14 and under die every year from playground related injuries.

PREVENTION TIPS

Protective equipment, biking helmet, shin guards, mouth piece safe play conditions (e.g. field surfacing, maintenance) and development

Children should wear appropriate safety gear when participating in sports and recreational activities.

Make sure proper physical and psychological conditioning, use of appropriate safety equipment, a safe playing environment, adequate adult supervision, and safety rules that are enforced are included in any sports program.

Provide children with proper training and skills building when they are learning a new sport.

Match and group children according to similar skill level,

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 Interview with Danielle Tiano and Karen Child: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We’re trying something new. First we will podcast our show in it’s entirety then we’ll release just the guest interviews during the week. So please click PLAY above to listen to Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy learn all about how to protect your children from internet porn and the other hazards that these new technologies bring.

We were so fortunate to have Danielle Tiano and Karen Child in the studio this evening. They flew all the way from Southern California to meet with us. They are the creators of the Temptation of a Generation series of books. While this may seem off topic for us, Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy are both parents who care deeply about protecting children from unnecessary harm and that’s exactly what these brilliant ladies do.

Tonight we talked mostly about protecting children from internet porn, but The Temptation of a Generation series is the first children’s series to tackle all of the tough issues today’s kids face in the information age. The series addresses pre-teen and adolescent issues such as self-image, technology addiction, relationships and more. These feature beautifully crafted illustrations in order to create a compelling visual experience to teach these important life lessons that will serve children well into adulthood.

As you’ll discover by listening to the interview, both Danielle and Karen have a passion to protect, educate and entertain children and they believe that the best way to do that is through the parents.

Their books begin by encouraging young readers to think about what effect technology has on their lives, specifically the activities and relationships they miss out on by focusing on the Internet and other electronics. The first in the series, Temptation of a Generation, explains the stages of Internet addiction and how the pornographic industry targets children as young as 8-years old.

Many families do not know how to open the forbidden lines of communication regarding sex and pornography, yet it needs to be addressed in every home…their books are the tool to do so. Some parents want to have “the talk” but don’t know how; others are too busy or naive thinking that problems will never find their child. After introducing the tough topic to your child, Danielle and Karen provide questions to facilitate a discussion and a worksheet to help develop Internet boundaries for your home. This series of books is a must have for every parent of kids who are online.

Please go to their websites and get more information and buy their books. www.temptationofageneration.com, www.beyondyourwords.com, www.karenchildmft.com and www.lifestarsocal.com. They have a newsletter and they are available to help you and help your kids. Also be sure to let the leaders at your church or synagogue know about this wonderful resource. This series of books should be in every library.

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