{"id":1100,"date":"2015-12-15T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2015-12-14T14:43:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T19:43:51","slug":"scooter-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/scooter-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Scooter Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/scooter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10292\" src=\"https:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/scooter-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"scooter\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/scooter-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/scooter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/scooter-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/scooter.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong>Scooters have stood the test of time, with each generation enjoying scooters in one form or another. A scooter can be great fun\u2026a speedy way to get around. Today, there are even scooters for toddlers!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Kids need to practice scooter safety; accidents are on the rise. Over one third of all scooter accidents occur in children under eight years of age.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>With the promise of fun comes the reminder that scooter safety is a very important consideration.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Scooter safety for young children is best summed up as follows:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">A helmet, knee pads and elbow pads must be worn whenever a child rides a scooter. No matter if it is summer and hot or they are just going a short distance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Children under eight must be supervised when riding a scooter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Scooters need to be ridden on smooth, paved surfaces schoolyards, parks and sidewalks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Riders must remember that the street is not a safe place to ride.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">If they ride on sidewalks, people walking on the sidewalk have the right of way.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">To insure scooter safety, children need to learn how to scoot from an adult, just as they do for bike riding and skateboarding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-buttons\"><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"\" data-layout=\"button\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-show-count=\"false\" data-related=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-size=\"small\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\">Tweet<\/a><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-google_plus\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" ><\/div><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-linkedin\"><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"\" data-counter=\"none\"><\/script><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-pocket\"><a data-pocket-label=\"pocket\" data-pocket-count=\"none\" class=\"pocket-btn\" data-save-url=\"\" data-lang=\"en\">Pocket<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(d,i){if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(\"script\");j.id=i;j.src=\"https:\/\/widgets.getpocket.com\/v1\/j\/btn.js?v=1\";var w=d.getElementById(i);d.body.appendChild(j);}}(document,\"pocket-btn-js\");<\/script><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scooter can be fun for kids if parents and children abide by the rules for scooter safety.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-buttons\"><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"\" data-layout=\"button\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-show-count=\"false\" data-related=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-size=\"small\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\">Tweet<\/a><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-google_plus\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" ><\/div><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-linkedin\"><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"\" data-counter=\"none\"><\/script><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-pocket\"><a data-pocket-label=\"pocket\" data-pocket-count=\"none\" class=\"pocket-btn\" data-save-url=\"\" data-lang=\"en\">Pocket<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(d,i){if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(\"script\");j.id=i;j.src=\"https:\/\/widgets.getpocket.com\/v1\/j\/btn.js?v=1\";var w=d.getElementById(i);d.body.appendChild(j);}}(document,\"pocket-btn-js\");<\/script><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[164,237,444,7,235,236,1885,1886,234,232,233],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10293,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions\/10293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}