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For older children, know the
route that they are taking and require that they check in
each hour either by walkie-talkie, phone or by stopping back
at home. |
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Always accompany younger
children, even within your own neighborhood. If you cannot
accompany them, see if they can join another family.
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Help your child pick out a
costume that will be safe. This includes costumes that are
fire proof and that are the proper length. For costumes with
masks, make sure the eyeholes are large enough for good
peripheral vision. |
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Inspect your child’s costume
props, such as swords or spears, to make sure the tips are
smooth and flexible enough to not cause injury. |
Kids will be kids, but it’s important to explain the
difference between tricks and vandalism. Throwing eggs may be
fun, for example, but clean up responsibilities and damages can
ruin someone else’s Halloween.
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Implement the “bring it home
first” rule, letting your child know that candy must first
be brought home and inspected before anything can be eaten.
Parents, throw out any candy that does not have a wrapper or
has been flattened. |
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Serve your child a filling
meal before heading out to trick or treat. This will help
reduce some of the temptation to eat candy before they
return home. |
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Remind your child how to cross
the street properly, looking both ways and crossing at
corners and crosswalks. Children should hold hands when
possible. |
ADC’s 13,500-square-foot Circle C clinic will be located in
the new Parkside Village development on the southwest corner of
MoPac and Slaughter Lane. It will feature primary care, with
Allergy, Family Practice, Pediatrics and Podiatry, as well as
lab and X-ray services. The southwest Austin location also will
offer EasyCare walk-in and same-day urgent care seven days a
week.
For more information regarding the new ADC clinic in Southwest
Austin, visit
www.ADClinic.com/CircleC.
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