Washington County News | 1936-01-02 | Page 3 | Teach Children "Safety"

TEACH CHILDREN "SAFETY" The public schools of many cities have observed a "Public Safety Week" for the purpose of emphasizing to children, the rudiments of safety on the streets. This is a good idea. While a number of accidents are due, without doubt, to the careless operation of motor cars it is equally certain that the pedestrian, very often, is to blame for an accident. Carefulness means the observance of recognized rules. If children were taught how and where to cross streets many little ones would escape harm in the next twelve months. It does no good to say, after the accident "the driver was to blame." Proper instructions to children should include in-clude some actual practice, and it seems to us that the school is the best place to teach the children this new necessity nec-essity of modern life.