Because many childhood injuries happen in or around the home, it is the parents who must assume responsibility for making the home a safe place. Injury prevention, like parenting, is an ongoing process. Sometimes, it seems, the job is never done. Parents must constantly be on the lookout for potential dangers in and around the home.
Children are at risk for injury from the moment they are born.
Therefore, injury prevention strategies must be implemented even before newborns come home from the hospital. As children grow, they become more mobile. With this mobility comes a greater risk for injury. The more ground children can cover, the more potential dangers they will come into contact with. It is especially important, therefore, for the parents of children who can crawl, toddle, walk, and run to pay close attention to injury prevention.