Safety Tips When Hiking With Child
If we hike and explore the outdoors with kids it will give them good memories. Maybe for a lifetime. It can give them the chance to explore, learning new things, experience and so on, Also hiking will increase their inner skills.
It is normal that many parents are afraid of safety on hiking when bringing their children. But do not worry. If you follow some rules you can enjoy hiking on a trail with your kids.
Share Your Plan With Kids And Others
When you are planning to go on hiking always share the root map with others and your children too. Let them know when you are going and when you will return. Give your every child the extra maps and memories them how to find ways if they lost.
Carry a Whistle
A whistle may look so small but it’s a very important thing while you are on a trail with a child. Teach your children that they are only for an emergency. Do not play with it. Have them wear it around their neck so they can use it easily when needed. The whistle is much louder than the human voice. Teach your children if they get lost and don’t know how to way back to you. How to use a whistle and find the right way.
Children Safety Bag
Give your every child their own safety bag to carry. Do not make it heavy for them. It should have an emergency whistle, a jacket, a few snacks and water, compass, small first aid kit, torchlight. If a child gets separated from you, at least they will have some survival equipment with them. It is better if you stick a note in your child's backpack. You could write there what they need to do if they become separated from you. If they can read fluently, it would help them to memories things.
Wear Bright Colors
Most of the hikers wear light colors when they are on a trail. And it's a big mistake. Wear clothes as bright as possible. Get dressed your children too. Red cloths are the best option for you. So if they get lost you can easily spot them and they do. Yellow, orange, pink, sky blue are also good colors for wearing clothes. Always keep an eye on your child. It is normal to become lost in your own thoughts while hiking and these few seconds of distraction can mean losing track of your kids. So bright colors clothes are top priorities while hiking with kids.
Teach Your Kids What To Do and What Not to Do
Before going on a trail with your kids, firstly teach them in your house that what they should do and what should not while in hiking. Teach them when to stop, how to use their emergency whistle. Three whistle means you are lost. It is a universal distress signal. Tell them not to play hide and seek, and no running, no jumping on a rock while on a trail. It will be dangerous. The rocks can be slippery or sharp. Teach them to leave everything and do not touch it. It's illegal to disturb plants or wildlife. There will be many poisonous plants.
Buddy system
It will be a great help you u make a buddy system. Always make sure that each child has a buddy with them when they have to go to the bathroom or in a walk. So that your kids will not get lost.
Carry First Aid Box
For a safe hike, you should always carry a first aid box. The box should contain easy bandage, antibacterial ointment, gauze, tweezers. Teach your kids how to use them too. Because kids may get hurt while hiking. So if they got separated from you, they will know what to do in their wound.
