As if parents don’t have enough to feel guilty about in, experts now say that the city in which a child is raised has a significant impact on the rest of his life.
Where have I heard this before?
So, which city in the United States should parents move their children to in order to keep them as safe as possible?
According to a new study commissioned by Underwriters Laboratories, Boston, Massachusetts, ranks number one in child safety.
Apparently, Beantown does a heck of job making sure that kids are living in homes and communities that prevent them from getting seriously injured. But, the “Cradle of Liberty” is not the only place where children’s safety is actively being preserved.
Rounding out the Top 10 safest cities for children are:
Columbus, Ohio
Louisville, Kentucky
Minneapolis, Minnesota
New York
Portland, Oregon
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa, Florida
Virginia Beach, Virginia
According to safety experts, each year children in the United States sustain 14 million potentially debilitating accidental injuries, many of which could have been prevented.
In the case of the aforementioned cities, there are a number of programs and practices in place to insure that kids are being well protected, from superior access to hospitals and quick response time for fire and police personnel to strict regulations on smoking, home inspections, and pool safety. Other criteria used in determining how safe a city is include bike helmet programs, crime rates, air quality and incidents of child pedestrian accidents and the drowning rate.
The city in which we reside didn’t make the Top 10 list of safest places. In fact, it didn’t even crack the Top 30. Fortunately, my daughter has escaped serious injury thus far in her life. Of course, I don’t think that blessing has much to do with where we live; rather, it has more to do with how we practice safety measure in our daily lives.
Did your city make the list?
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