Child Safety Checklist

Child Safety Checklist, for your 0–12 Months Old baby

Home safety

• Set your home water heater at 120°F (49°C) or lower.
• Provide a tobacco-free and drug-free environment for your baby.
• Equip your home with smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Test them once a month. Change their batteries every year.
• Keep all medicines, cleaning products, poisons, and chemicals capped and out of your baby’s reach.
• Keep night-lights away from curtains and bedding to lower the risk of fire.
• Secure dangling electrical cords, window blind cords, and phone cords so they are out of your baby’s reach.
• Install a gate at the top of all stairways to help prevent falls.
• If you have a pool, install a fence with a self-latching gate around it.
• If you keep guns and ammunition in the home, make sure they are stored separately and locked away.
• Make sure that TVs, bookshelves, and other heavy items or furniture are secure and cannot fall over on your baby.

Make sure that all windows are locked so that your baby cannot fall out the window.

Motor vehicle safety

• Always keep your baby restrained in a rear-facing car seat. 
• Have your baby’s car seat checked by a technician to make sure it is installed properly.
• Use a rear-facing car seat until your child is 2 years or older, or until your child reaches the upper weight or height limit of the seat.
• Place your baby’s car seat in the back seat of your car. Neverplace the car seat in the front seat of a car that has front-seat airbags.
• Neverleave your baby alone in a car after parking. Make a habit of checking your back seat before walking away.

Sun safety

• Limit your baby’s time outside during peak sun hours (between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.). A sunburn can lead to more serious skin problems later in life.
• Do notleave your baby in the sunlight. Keep your baby in the shade or use a blanket, umbrella, or stroller canopy to protect your baby from the sun.
• Use UV shields on the rear windows of your car.
• Dress your baby in weather-appropriate clothing and hats. Clothing should fully cover your baby’s arms and legs. Hats should have a wide brim that shields your baby’s face, ears, and the back of the neck.
• Once your baby is 6 months old, apply broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB radiation (SPF 15 or higher). Sunscreen is not recommended for babies younger than 6 months.
  • Apply sunscreen 15–30 minutes before going outside.
  • Reapply sunscreen every 2 hours, or more often if your baby gets wet or is sweating.
  • Use enough sunscreen to cover all exposed areas. Rub it in well.

General instructions

• Neverleave your baby alone while he or she is on a high surface, such as a bed, couch, or counter. Your baby could fall. Use a safety strap on your changing table. Do notleave your baby unattended for even a moment, even if your baby is strapped in.
• Supervise your baby at all times. Do notask or expect older children to supervise your baby.
• Nevershake your baby, whether in play or in frustration. Do not shake your baby to wake him or her up.
• Learn about possible signs of child abuse so that you know what to watch for.
• Be careful when handling hot liquids and sharp objects around your baby.
• Do notput your baby in a baby walker. Baby walkers may make it easy for your child to access safety hazards. They do not promote earlier walking, and they may interfere with the physical skills needed for walking. They may also cause falls. You may use stationary seats for short periods.
• Do notleave hot irons and hair care products (such as curling irons) plugged in. Keep the cords away from your baby.
• Make sure all of your baby’s toys are nontoxic and do not have sharp edges.
• Immediately empty water from all containers after use (including bathtubs) to prevent drowning.
• Always hold or support your baby with one hand throughout bath time. Neverleave your baby alone in the bath. If you are interrupted during bath time, take your baby with you.
• Know the phone number for your local poison control center and keep it by the phone or on your refrigerator.

Sleep

• The safest way for your baby to sleep is on his or her back in a crib or bassinet. This lowers the chance of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also called crib death.
• A baby is safest when he or she is sleeping in his or her own space.
  • Do notallow your baby to share a bed with adults or other children.
  • Keep soft objects and loose bedding (such as pillows, bumper pads, blankets, or stuffed animals) out of the crib or bassinet. Objects in a crib or bassinet can make it difficult for your baby to breathe.
• Do notuse a hand-me-down or antique crib. Make sure your baby’s crib:
  • Meets safety standards.
  • Has slats that are less than 2⅜ in (6 cm) apart.
  • Does not have peeling paint or drop-side rails.
• Use a firm, tight-fitting mattress. Neveruse a waterbed, couch, or beanbag as a sleeping place for your baby. These furniture pieces can block your baby’s nose or mouth, causing suffocation. Avoid having your child sleep in car seats and other sitting devices on a regular basis.
• Firmly fasten all crib mobiles and decorations and make sure they do not have any removable parts.
• At 6 months old, your baby may start to pull himself or herself up in the crib. Lower the crib mattress all the way to prevent falling.

Neverplace a crib near baby monitor cords or near a window that has cords for blinds or curtains.

Preventing choking and suffocation

• Make sure that all toys are larger than your baby’s mouth and that they do not have loose parts that could be swallowed or choked on.
• Keep small objects and toys with loops, strings, or cords away from your baby.
• Do notgive your baby the nipple of a feeding bottle for use as a pacifier. Make sure the pacifier shield (the plastic piece between the ring and nipple) is at least 1½ in (3.8 cm) wide.
• Nevertie a pacifier around your baby’s hand or neck.
• Keep plastic bags and balloons away from children.
• Consider taking a class for child and baby first aid and CPR so that you are prepared in case of an emergency.

Summary

• Make sure your home environment is safe by installing safety equipment such as smoke detectors.
• Keep harmful items, such as medicines and sharp objects, out of your baby’s reach.
• Put your baby to sleep on his or her back. Remove soft objects or loose bedding from the crib or bassinet.
• Only use a crib that meets safety standards and has a firm, tight-fitting mattress.
• Place your baby in a rear-facing car seat in the back seat. Have the seat checked by a technician to make sure it is installed properly.

Child Safety Checklist, for your 1–3 Years Old Child

Home safety

• Set your home water heater at 120°F (49°C) or lower.
• Provide a tobacco-free and drug-free environment for your child.
• Equip your home with smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Test them once a month. Change their batteries every year.
• Keep all medicines, knives, cleaning products, poisons, and chemicals capped and out of your child’s reach.
• Keep night-lights away from curtains and bedding to lower the risk of fire.
• Secure dangling electrical cords, window blind cords, and phone cords so they are out of your baby’s reach.
• Install a gate at the top of all stairways to help prevent falls.
• If you have a pool, install a fence with a self-latching gate around it.
• If you keep guns and ammunition in the home, make sure they are stored separately and locked away.
• Make sure that TVs, bookshelves, and other heavy items or furniture are secure and cannot fall over on your child.
• Lock all windows so your child cannot fall out of a window. Install window guards above the first floor.

Install socket protectors on electrical outlets to help prevent electrical injuries.

Motor vehicle safety

• Keep your child away from moving vehicles.
• Always keep your child restrained in a car seat.
• Use a rear-facing car seat until your child is 2 years or older, or until he or she reaches the upper weight or height limit of the seat.
• Use a forward-facing car seat with a harness for a child who is 2 years or older. Your child should ride this way until he or she reaches the upper weight or height limit of the car seat.
• Place your child’s car seat in the back seat of your car. Neverplace the car seat in the front seat of a car that has front-seat airbags.
• Neverleave your child alone in a car after parking. Make a habit of checking your back seat before walking away.

Before backing up, always check behind your car to make sure your child is safely away from the area.

Sun safety

• Limit your child’s time outside during peak sun hours (between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.). A sunburn can lead to more serious skin problems later in life.
• Dress your child in weather-appropriate clothing and hats. Clothing should fully cover your child’s arms and legs. Hats should have a wide brim that shields your child’s face, ears, and the back of the neck.
• Apply broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB radiation (SPF 15 or higher).
  • Apply sunscreen 15–30 minutes before going outside.
  • Reapply sunscreen every 2 hours, or more often if your child gets wet or is sweating.
  • Use enough sunscreen to cover all exposed areas. Rub it in well.

Talking to your child about safety

• Discuss street and water safety with your child. Do notlet your child cross the street alone.
• Discuss how your child should act around strangers. Tell your child notto go anywhere with strangers.
• Encourage your child to tell you about inappropriate touching.
• Warn your child about walking up to unfamiliar animals, especially dogs that are eating.

General instructions

• Supervise your child at all times. Do notask or expect older children to supervise your child.
• Never shake your child, whether in play or in frustration. Do not shake your baby to wake him or her up.
• Be careful when handling hot liquids and sharp objects around your child.
  • When using the stove, turn the handles on pots and pans inward, so that they do not stick out over the edge of the stove.
  • Do nothold hot liquids (such as coffee) while your child is on your lap.
• Make sure your child wears shoes when outdoors. Shoes should have a flexible bottom (sole), have a wide toe area, and be long enough that your child’s foot is not cramped.
• Do not put your child in a baby walker. Baby walkers may make it easy for your child to access safety hazards. They do not promote earlier walking, and they may interfere with physical skills needed for walking. They may also cause falls. You may use stationary seats for short periods.
• Do not leave hot irons and hair care products (such as curling irons) plugged in. Keep the cords away from your child.
• Make sure all of your child’s toys are nontoxic and do not have sharp edges.
• Immediately empty water from all containers after use (including bathtubs) to prevent drowning.
• Check playground equipment for safety hazards, such as loose screws or sharp edges. Make sure the surface under the playground equipment is soft.
• Make sure your child always wears a properly fitting helmet when he or she is riding a tricycle, being towed in a bike trailer, or riding in a seat on an adult bicycle.
• Know the phone number for your local poison control center and keep it by the phone or on your refrigerator.

Preventing choking and suffocation

• Make sure that all toys are larger than your baby’s mouth and that they do not have loose parts that could be swallowed or choked on.
• Keep small objects and toys with loops, strings, or cords away from your child.
• Make sure the pacifier shield (the plastic piece between the ring and nipple) is at least 1½ in (3.8 cm) wide.
• Nevertie a pacifier around your child’s hand or neck.
• Keep plastic bags and balloons away from children.
• Tell your child to sit and chew his or her food thoroughly when eating.

Summary

• Supervise your child at all times.
• Install safety equipment at home, including fire and carbon monoxide detectors, safety gates or fences, window guards, and socket protectors.
• While you are driving, always keep your child restrained in a car seat in the back seat.
• Keep harmful items out of your child’s reach.
• Protect your child from sun exposure with broad-spectrum sunscreen and weather-appropriate clothing, hats, or other coverings.

Child Safety Checklist, for your 4–5 Years Old Child

Home safety

• Set your home water heater at 120°F (49°C) or lower.
• Provide a tobacco-free and drug-free environment for your child.
• Equip your home with smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Test them once a month. Change their batteries every year.
• Keep all medicines, knives, poisons, chemicals, and cleaning products capped and out of your child’s reach.
• If you have a pool, install a fence with a self-latching gate around it.
• If you keep guns and ammunition in the home, make sure they are stored separately and locked away.

Motor vehicle safety

• Keep your child away from moving vehicles.
• Have your child ride in a forward-facing car seat with a harness until he or she reaches the upper weight or height limit of the car seat. After that, have your child ride in a belt-positioning booster seat.
• Place forward-facing car seats in the back seat of your vehicle. Never allow your child in the front seat of a car that has front-seat airbags.
• Before backing up, always check behind your car to make sure your child is safely away from the area.
• Do not allow your child to use motorized vehicles.

Sun safety

• Limit your child’s time outside during peak sun hours (between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.). A sunburn can lead to more serious skin problems later in life.
• Dress your child in weather-appropriate clothing and hats. Clothing should fully cover your child’s arms and legs. Hats should have a wide brim that shields your child’s face, ears, and the back of the neck.
• Apply broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB radiation (SPF 15 or higher).
  • Apply sunscreen 15–30 minutes before going outside.
  • Reapply sunscreen every 2 hours, or more often if your child gets wet or is sweating.
  • Use enough sunscreen to cover all exposed areas. Rub it in well.

Talking to your child about safety

• Discuss the following topics with your child:
  • Fire escape plans.
  • Street safety. Do notlet your child cross the street alone.
  • Water safety.
  • Bus safety, if applicable.
• Tell your child not to go anywhere with a stranger or accept gifts or other items from a stranger.
• Make it clear that no adult should tell your child to keep a secret or ask to see or touch your child’s private parts. Encourage your child to tell you about inappropriate touching.
• Warn your child about walking up to unfamiliar animals, especially dogs that are eating.

General instructions

• Have an adult supervise your child at all times when playing near a street or body of water, and when playing on a trampoline. Allow only one person on a trampoline at a time.
• Be careful when handling hot liquids and sharp objects around your child. When using the stove, turn the handles on pots and pans inward, so that they do not stick out over the edge of the stove.
• To help prevent drowning, have your child:
  • Take swimming lessons.
  • Wear a properly-fitting life jacket when swimming or on a boat.
• Check playground equipment for safety hazards, such as loose screws or sharp edges.
• Teach your child his or her name, address, and phone number. Show your child how to call your local emergency services (911 in the U.S.).
• Decide how you can provide consent for your child to have emergency treatment if you are unavailable. You may want to discuss your options with your health care provider.
• Make sure your child wears necessary safety equipment while playing sports or while riding a bicycle, skating, or skateboarding. This may include a properly fitting helmet, mouth guard, shin guards, knee and elbow pads, and safety glasses. Adults should set a good example by also wearing safety equipment and following safety rules.

Know the phone number for your local poison control center and keep it by the phone or on your refrigerator.

Summary

• Protect your child from sun exposure with broad-spectrum sunscreen and weather-appropriate clothing, hats, or other coverings.
• Make sure your child wears the proper safety equipment as needed, such as a helmet or life jacket.
• Supervise your child at all times when he or she is playing outside, near a body of water, or on a trampoline.
• Talk with your child about safety outside the home including playground safety, bus safety, and staying safe around strangers and animals.
• Teach your child what to do in case of an emergency, including a fire escape plan.

Child Safety Checklist, for your 6–12 Years Old Child

Home safety

• Provide a tobacco-free and drug-free environment for your child.
• Equip your home with smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Test them once a month. Change their batteries every year.
• Keep all medicines, knives, poisons, chemicals, and cleaning products capped and out of your child’s reach.
• If you have a pool, install a fence with a self-latching gate around it.
• If you have a trampoline, put a safety fence around it.
• If you keep guns and ammunition in the home, make sure they are stored separately and locked away. Your child should not know the lock combination or where the key is kept.
• Make sure power tools and other equipment are unplugged or locked away.

Motor vehicle safety

• Restrain your child in a belt-positioning booster seat until the normal seat belts fit properly. Car seat belts usually fit properly when a child reaches a height of 4 ft 9 in (145 cm). This usually happens between the ages of 8 and 12 years old.
• Neverallow or place your child in the front seat of a car that has front-seat airbags.
• Discourage your child from using all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) or other motorized vehicles. If your child is going to ride in them, supervise your child and emphasize the importance of wearing a helmet and following safety rules.

Sun safety

• Avoid taking your child outdoors during peak sun hours (between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.). A sunburn can lead to more serious skin problems later in life.
• Make sure your child wears weather-appropriate clothing, hats, or other coverings. To protect from the sun, clothing should cover arms and legs and hats should have a wide brim.

Teach your child how to use sunscreen. Your child should apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB radiation (SPF 15 or higher) to his or her skin when out in the sun. Have your child:

• Apply sunscreen 15–30 minutes before going outside.
• Reapply sunscreen every 2 hours, or more often if your child gets wet or is sweating.

Talking to your child about safety

• Discuss the following topics with your child:
  • Fire escape plans.
  • Street safety.
  • Water safety.
  • Bus safety, if applicable.
  • Appropriate use of medicines, especially if your child takes medicine on a regular basis.
  • Drug, alcohol, and tobacco use among friends or at friends’ homes.
• Tell your child not to:
  • Go anywhere with a stranger.
  • Accept gifts or other items from a stranger.
  • Play with matches, lighters, or candles.
• Make it clear that no adult should tell your child to keep a secret or ask to see or touch your child’s private parts. Encourage your child to tell you about inappropriate touching.
• Warn your child about walking up to unfamiliar animals, especially dogs that are eating.
• Tell your child that if he or she ever feels unsafe, such as at a party or someone else’s home, your child should ask to go home or call you to be picked up.
• Make sure your child knows:
  • His or her first and last name, address, and phone number.
  • Both parents’ complete names and cell phone or work phone numbers.
  • How to call local emergency services (911 in U.S.).

General instructions

• Closely supervise your child’s activities. Avoid leaving your child at home without supervision.
• Have an adult supervise your child at all times when playing near a street or body of water, and when playing on a trampoline. Allow only one person on a trampoline at a time.
• To help prevent drowning, have your child:
  • Take swimming lessons.
  • Wear a properly-fitting life jacket when swimming or on a boat.
• Be careful when handling hot liquids and sharp objects around your child.
• Get to know your child’s friends and their parents.
• Monitor gang activity in your neighborhood and local schools.
• Make sure your child wears necessary safety equipment while playing sports or while riding a bicycle, skating, or skateboarding. This may include a properly fitting helmet, mouth guard, shin guards, knee and elbow pads, and safety glasses. Adults should set a good example by also wearing safety equipment and following safety rules.

Know the phone number for your local poison control center and keep it by the phone or on your refrigerator.

Summary

• Protect your child from sun exposure by teaching your child how to apply sunscreen.
• Make sure your child wears proper safety equipment during activities. This may include a helmet, mouth guard, shin guards, a life jacket, and safety glasses.
• Talk with your child about safety outside the home, including street and water safety, bus safety, and staying safe around strangers and animals.
• Talk to your child regularly about drugs, tobacco, and alcohol, and discuss use among friends or at friends’ homes.
• Teach your child what to do in case of an emergency, including a fire escape plan.

Safety Checklist for your Teen

Motor vehicle safety

• Wear a seat belt whenever you drive or ride in a vehicle.

If you drive:

• Do nottext, talk, or use your phone or other mobile devices while driving.
• Do notdrive when you are tired. If you feel like you may fall asleep while driving, pull over at a safe location and take a break or switch drivers.
• Do notdrive after drinking or using drugs. Plan for a designated driver or another way to go home.
• Do not ride in a car with someone who has been using drugs or alcohol.
• Do not ride in the bed or cargo area of a pickup truck.

Sun safety

• Use broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB radiation (SPF 15 or higher).
  • Put on sunscreen 15–30 minutes before going outside.
  • Reapply sunscreen every 2 hours, or more often if you get wet or if you are sweating.
  • Use enough sunscreen to cover all exposed areas. Rub it in well.
• Wear sunglasses when you are out in the sun.

Do notuse tanning beds. Tanning beds are just as harmful for your skin as the sun.

General instructions

• Protect your hearing. Once it is gone, you cannot get it back. Avoid exposure to loud music or noises by:
  • Wearing ear protection when you are in a noisy environment (while using loud machinery, like a lawn mower, or at concerts).
  • Making sure the volume is not too loud when listening to music in the car or through headphones.
• Avoid tattoos and body piercings. Tattoos and body piercings:
  • Can get infected.
  • Are generally permanent.
  • Are often painful to remove.

Personal safety

• Do notuse alcohol, tobacco, drugs, anabolic steroids, or diet pills. It is especially important not to drink or use drugs while swimming, boating, riding a bike or motorcycle, or using heavy machinery.
  • If you chose to drink, do not drink heavily (binge drink). Your brain is still developing, and alcohol can affect your brain development.
• Wear protective gear for sports and other physical activities, such as a helmet, mouth guard, eye protection, wrist guards, elbow pads, and knee pads. Wear a helmet when biking, riding a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle (ATV), skateboarding, skiing, or snowboarding.
• If you are sexually active, practice safe sex. Use a condom or other form of birth control (contraception) in order to prevent pregnancy and STIs (sexually transmitted infections).
• If you feel unsafe at a party, event, or someone else’s home, call your parents or guardian to come get you. Tell a friend that you are leaving. Never leave with a stranger.
• Be safe online. Do not reveal personal information or your location to someone you do not know, and do not meet up with someone you met online.
• Do notmisuse medicines. This means that you should not take a medicine other than how it is prescribed and you should not take someone else’s medicine.
• Avoid people who suggest unsafe or harmful behavior, and avoid unhealthy romantic relationships or friendships where you do not feel respected. No one has the right to pressure you into any activity that makes you feel uncomfortable. If you are being bullied or if others make you feel unsafe, you can:
  • Ask for help from your parents or guardians, your health care provider, or other trusted adults like a teacher, coach, or counselor.
  • Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or go online: www.thehotline.org  

Summary

• Protect yourself from sun exposure by using broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB radiation (SPF 15 or higher).
• Wear appropriate protective gear when playing sports and doing other activities. Gear may include a helmet, mouth guard, eye protection, wrist guards, and elbow and knee pads.
• Be safe when driving or riding in vehicles. While driving: Wear a seat belt. Do notuse your mobile device. Do not drink or use drugs.
• Protect your hearing by wearing hearing protection and by not listening to music at a high volume.
• Avoid relationships or friendships in which you do not feel respected. It is okay to ask for help from your parents or guardians, your health care provider, or other trusted adults like a teacher, coach, or counselor.

Safety Checklist, for your Young Adult

Home safety

• Make sure your home or apartment has smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Test them once a month. Change their batteries every year.
• If you keep guns and ammunition in the home, make sure they are stored separately and locked away.
• Make your home a tobacco-free and drug-free environment.

Motor vehicle safety

• Wear a seat belt whenever you drive or ride in a vehicle.
• Do not text, talk, or use your phone or other mobile devices while driving.
• Do notdrive when you are tired. If you feel like you may fall asleep while driving, pull over at a safe location and take a break or switch drivers.
• Do notdrive after drinking or using drugs. Plan for a designated driver or another way to go home.
• Do notride in a car with someone who has been using drugs or alcohol.

Do notride in the bed or cargo area of a pickup truck.

Sun safety

• Use broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB radiation (SPF 15 or higher).
  • Put on sunscreen 15–30 minutes before going outside.
  • Reapply sunscreen every 2 hours, or more often if you get wet or if you are sweating.
  • Use enough sunscreen to cover all exposed areas. Rub it in well.
• Wear sunglasses when you are out in the sun.

Do notuse tanning beds. Tanning beds are just as harmful for your skin as the sun.

General instructions

• Protect your hearing and avoid exposure to loud music or noises by:
  • Wearing ear protection when you are in a noisy environment (while using loud machinery, like a lawn mower, or at concerts).
  • Making sure that the volume is not too loud when listening to music in the car or through headphones.
• Avoid tattoos and body piercings. Tattoos and body piercings:
  • Can get infected.
  • Are generally permanent.
  • Are often painful to remove.

Personal safety

• Do notuse tobacco, drugs, anabolic steroids, or diet pills.
• Do notdrink or use drugs while swimming, boating, riding a bike or motorcycle, or using heavy machinery.
• Do notdrink heavily (binge drink). Your brain is still developing, and alcohol can affect your brain development.
• Wear protective gear for sports and other physical activities, such as a helmet, mouth guard, eye protection, wrist guards, elbow pads, and knee pads. Wear a helmet when biking, riding a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle (ATV), skateboarding, skiing, or snowboarding.
• If you are sexually active, practice safe sex. Use a condom or other form of birth control (contraception) in order to prevent pregnancy and STIs (sexually transmitted infections).
• Never leave a party or event alone without telling a friend that you are leaving. Never leave with a stranger.
• Do notmisuse medicines. This means that you should not take a medicine other than how it is prescribed and you should not take someone else’s medicine.
• Avoid risky situations or situations where you do not feel safe. Call for help if you find yourself in an unsafe situation.
• Learn to manage conflict without using violence.
• Never accept a drink from a stranger if you do not know where the drink came from.
• Avoid people who suggest unsafe or harmful behavior, and avoid unhealthy romantic relationships or friendships where you do not feel respected. No one has the right to pressure you into any activity that makes you feel uncomfortable. If others make you feel unsafe, you can:
  • Ask for help from your parents or guardians, your health care provider, or other trusted adults like a teacher, coach, or counselor.
  • Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or go online: www.thehotline.org  

Summary

• Protect yourself from sun exposure by using broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects against UVA and UVB radiation (SPF 15 or higher).
• Wear appropriate protective gear when playing sports and doing other activities. Gear may include a helmet, mouth guard, eye protection, wrist guards, and elbow and knee pads.
• Be safe when driving or riding in vehicles. While driving: Wear a seat belt. Do notuse your mobile device. Do not drink or use drugs.
• Always be aware of your surroundings. Avoid risky situations or places where you feel unsafe.
• Avoid relationships or friendships in which you do not feel respected. It is okay to ask for help from your parents or guardians, your health care provider, or other trusted adults like a teacher, coach, or counselor.