Comments on: Learning About Snow Safety http://www.onlivingbylearning.com/2007/12/13/learning-about-snow-safety/ Learn, Explore, and Change the World! Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chaeli http://www.onlivingbylearning.com/2007/12/13/learning-about-snow-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Chaeli Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:19:36 +0000 http://www.onlivingbylearning.com/?p=77#comment-1065 Well said. Well said.

]]> By: kayla http://www.onlivingbylearning.com/2007/12/13/learning-about-snow-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-61 kayla Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:37:05 +0000 http://www.onlivingbylearning.com/?p=77#comment-61 Mom you got the story wrong i was there a horo and a half before my friend came. I didnt move a mucsele the whole time. Mom you got the story wrong i was there a horo and a half before my friend came. I didnt move a mucsele the whole time.

]]> By: LivingByLearning http://www.onlivingbylearning.com/2007/12/13/learning-about-snow-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-54 LivingByLearning Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:29:00 +0000 http://www.onlivingbylearning.com/?p=77#comment-54 Yes, and since we have first hand experience seeing what can happen, we should be insisting on helmets. <br/><br/>Okay, I'm convinced. I'll just have to start enforcing the no helmet, no sledding rule. Yes, and since we have first hand experience seeing what can happen, we should be insisting on helmets.

Okay, I’m convinced. I’ll just have to start enforcing the no helmet, no sledding rule.

]]> By: Denise http://www.onlivingbylearning.com/2007/12/13/learning-about-snow-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Denise Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:08:00 +0000 http://www.onlivingbylearning.com/?p=77#comment-53 Good advice from AAP - Sledding feet first or sitting up, instead of lying down head-first, may prevent head injuries - it didn't so wear a helmet!<br/>Consider having your child wear a helmet while sledding - yes, should be mandatory!!<br/>Use steerable sleds, not snow disks or inner tubes - can't agree more!!!<br/>Sled slopes should be free of obstructions like trees or fences, be covered in snow not ice, not be too steep (slope of less than 30º), and end with a flat runoff - somehow she found a tree at Frear Park!!!!<br/>Avoid sledding in crowded areas - did I mention Frear Park!!!!! Good advice from AAP – Sledding feet first or sitting up, instead of lying down head-first, may prevent head injuries – it didn’t so wear a helmet!
Consider having your child wear a helmet while sledding – yes, should be mandatory!!
Use steerable sleds, not snow disks or inner tubes – can’t agree more!!!
Sled slopes should be free of obstructions like trees or fences, be covered in snow not ice, not be too steep (slope of less than 30º), and end with a flat runoff – somehow she found a tree at Frear Park!!!!
Avoid sledding in crowded areas – did I mention Frear Park!!!!!

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