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Although parents play a key role in ensuring that the food our family eats is safe, kids need to know about food safety too.
Here’s some things kids can do (along with the whole family):
Wash and Dry your hands before you make or eat a snack or meal.
Put back packs on the floor, not the counter (or desk or other eating surface). Same goes for purses, btw.
Put foods like milk, yogurt, lunch meat and eggs back in the refrigerator right away.
Use separate cutting boards for meats versus fruits and veggies.
Use ice packs in lunchboxes and picnic baskets. Throw away uneaten lunch box leftovers.
Some cool links and tools: (thanks to Keep Schools Safe pointing me to these)
Track Bac-a mobile food safety game (this one’s particularly fun)
October 19th, 2008 at 9:17pm
I truly believe that proper hand washing is a true lesson. I had a nephew come over and got sick every time he ate. He blamed it on a bad stomach problem. I never heard the water run after he went to the bathroom. I approached him about washing his hands and like majic his “stomach problem” was over. Who would have ever thunk it!!!
October 28th, 2008 at 12:36pm
I’m going to add something about general cleanliness and safety unrelated to food. My boyz have suddenly started wanting to sleep in their clothes - it’s their excuse not be pulled away from whatever game they’re playing to get ready forbed. But — it’s just too dirty! I don’t want dirt and germs and everything else in the bed sheets. Yeeech. In our modern society, we tend to forget that germs (and vermin like worms and lice) actually exist. Schools and daycares are healthcare vectors. Get your kids to wash their hands and change their clothes when they come home!
October 28th, 2008 at 9:53pm
I know it’s not a very palatable subject, but parasites ARE a part of our natural environment.
As a cattle producer, I don’t think anything about treating my cattle for worms twice a year. Turns out most kids (and families with kids) need their own treatment occasionally; lice and pinworms being the most common.