Health Tip: Cross the Street Safely

(HealthDay News) -- Parents and educators must remember to teach children the safe way to cross a street.

Here''s a list of suggestions, courtesy of the Children''s Hospital of Pittsburgh:

• Teach children what traffic signs mean.
• Before they cross, make sure children stop at the curb. Never run into the street.
• Teach children to look left, right, and left again before they cross.
• Teach children to cross at the street corner and always walk within the painted lines.
• Make sure children are aware of their surroundings while crossing.
• Warn children not to run or walk between parked cars.

-- Kimberly Sferruzzo

Last Updated: Jan. 11, 2006