BONUS SERIES: Keeping your farm kids safe (without wrapping them up in cotton wool). EP 1. Toddlers
Episode description
No one wants a 'cotton wool kid', but as parents we know how unsafe the farming environment can be for children.
In Australia, the rate of fatal injuries amongst our regional and remote children is three times higher than kids who live in the city.
So how do we balance the freedoms and family connections that growing up on a farm brings, with making sure our children don't find themselves in dangerous situations?
In this special, three-part series, Kirsten speaks with two intensive care paediatric nurses and rural mums, Sarah Duncanson and Grace Larson, from PAEDs Education. The pair have seen the worst of what can happen on farms - but have designed a 'triage of safety' to help us as parents make better decisions about risk on farm - that's appropriate for a child's age.
In this first episode, we focus on babies and toddlers. We also hear from Ash Napolitano, who bravely shares the story of her 2 year old son Hunter, who died on a farm near Shepparton, Victoria in 2020.
The second episode focuses on farm safety for school aged children and the third and final episode in the series is about older teens.
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
The Hunter Boyle Swim Program
This podcast has been produced in collaboration with PAEDS Education. If you're interested in collaborating with us or sponsoring an episode - then send us an email: [email protected]