{"id":6174,"date":"2015-08-24T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/?p=6174"},"modified":"2015-08-24T12:43:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T16:43:45","slug":"6174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/6174\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Safety Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Safe Kids USA <\/strong><strong>asks you to follow the tips below to make sure you keep\u00a0your children safe while they are walking to and from school. Reviewing these tips regularly with your children can play an important role in keeping them safe.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<h1><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/17739-NRA3F9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10061 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/17739-NRA3F9-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"tips\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/17739-NRA3F9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/17739-NRA3F9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/17739-NRA3F9-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/17739-NRA3F9.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong>Tips for Walkers<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Developmentally, most kids can&#8217;t judge speeds and distances until at least age 10, so younger kids need to cross the street with an adult<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you know most walking injuries happen mid-block or someplace other than intersections? Whenever possible, cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Look left, right and left again before crossing the street, and keep looking and listening while crossing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Walk, don&#8217;t run, when crossing the street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s always best to walk on sidewalks or paths, but if there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove headphones when crossing the street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If you need to use your phone, stop walking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Distraction among drivers is at an all-time high today, so try to make eye contact with the driver before you step into the road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u00a0For more road safety and walking tips go to<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.safekids.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.safekids.org<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\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>Safe Kids USA asks you to follow the tips below to make sure you keep your children safe while they are walking to and from school.<\/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":[1027],"tags":[164,1927,1118,255,444,1885,1886,1932,1117],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6174"}],"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=6174"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10064,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6174\/revisions\/10064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}