These new KidsHealth articles for parents provide tips for everything from choosing a costume to pumpkin decorating to help you make this Halloween both fun and safe for your children. Halloween is a scary time of year, but we all can make sure that children have a safe holiday with the following tips. Please feel free to excerpt these tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics or use them in their entirety for any print or broadcast story dealing with Halloween safety. Index Hands Off Halloween American Academy of Pediatrics Child and health advocates have long been against the exploitation of Halloween as a marketing tool for alcohol. Its mascot is MacGruff, the Crime Dog.
Parents Use flame resistant costumes and accessories.
Only buy costumes with flame retardant label. Accompany all young children. Check out the treats. Trick or Treaters Carry a flashlight not a candle. Walk, don't run.