According to Meridith Sonnett, director of pediatric emergency services at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, taking a few precautions can help make Halloween a happy and safe occasion for everyone.
She particularly recommends limiting trick-or-treating to familiar neighborhoods and neighbors.
Here are more tips parents should keep in mind for Halloween:
- Accompany your children when they go trick-or-treating.
- Examine all candy before letting your children eat it
- Have your children discard any unwrapped foods.
- Make sure your children's costumes are non-flammable and short enough so that they don't trip.
- Make sure the eye holes in masks are the right size and in the right place for clear vision.
- If your children are old enough to trick-or-treat without a parent, have them go in groups.
- At night, make sure your children wear costumes that are bright in color, or have them wear reflectors.
- If the streets are dark, have your children take a flashlight.
- Accompany your children in apartment buildings.
- Have your children use proper street-crossing safety.
- Do not allow your children to enter a stranger's home; have them ask for treats and wait outside the door.
More information
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more about Halloween safety.
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