Today he is remembered as the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , published under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. Alice's exploits in this book could well serve as a reminder of the various dangers which confront children in Australia today. Here are some of them. Antipathy to taking appropriate steps to make our environment safer represents one of the greatest dangers to our children.
Falls are one of the most common causes of injury to children.
Almost 85 Australian children a week are admitted to hospital following falls from play equipment, amounting to around 4400 a year. Kidsafe recommends that soft fall surfaces, such as bark chips, under playground equipment should be 30 cm thick. Alice illustrates to the owners of playgrounds the good sense in taking this precaution. The lesson here is to ensure that noxious substances are clearly marked as such and are stored in a safe manner, preferably in a child-resistant cabinet. As with adults who consume quantities of cake, she then became very large.