I get to be “mean, don’t understand, too many rules, don’t have a real job, bud” dad. Seems some people think they have me figured out. The challenges of having children can be tons of fun, especially when they think they can get the best of me

Here are some safety tips I’d like to pass on to you;

Help your child pick out or make a costume that will be safe (kinda late for this tip, since everyone should already have their costume by now. Make it fire proof, the eye holes should be large enough for good peripheral vision.

Make sure that if your child is carrying a prop, such as a scythe, butcher knife or a pitchfork, that the tips are smooth and flexible enough to not cause injury if fallen on.

Kids always want to help with the pumpkin carving. Small children shouldn’t be allowed to use a sharp knife to cut the top or the face. There are many kits available that come with tiny saws that work better then knives and are safer, although you can be cut by them as well. It’s best to let the kids clean out the pumpkin and draw a face on it, which you can carve for them.

Treating your kids to a spooky Halloween dinner will make them less likely to eat the candy they collect before you have a chance to check it for them.

Teaching your kids basic everyday safety such as not getting into cars or talking to strangers, watching both ways before crossing streets and crossing when the lights tell you to, will help make them safer when they are out Trick or Treating.

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Check out these cool costumes.

Good luck to Kieana and her Sherwood Saints field hockey team who leave today to capture the provincial championship. All the best ladies.