Four simple ways to prevent and reduce the chances of a Brain Injury in children:

Four simple ways to prevent and reduce the chances of a TBI in children:

1. Buckling your child in the car using a child safety seat, booster seat, or seat belt (according to the child's height, weight, and age).

2. Making sure children wear helmets when:

        - Riding a bike, playing a contact sport, such as football or ice hockey

        - Using in-line skates or riding a skateboard

3. Making living areas safer for children, by:

        - Installing window guards to keep young children from falling out of open windows; and

        - Using safety gates at the top and bottom of stairs when young children are around.

4. Making sure the surface on your child's playground is made of shock-absorbing material, such as hardwood mulch or sand.

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