

ADVANTAGES OF EDUCATING CHILDRREN
Safety programs should ideally target children as children are not set in their views and attitudes. Children have not formed wrong habits are more open to change. Children can be molded towards safer behavior. In today’s world child is increasingly becoming a decision maker. Product advertisers use the child to reach the parents to buy the products like soaps, TVs, cars, soft drinks etc. Similarly children would influence the parents towards safer behavior on the road. Something taught in the school reaches the home through the child. Once taught the child is more alert to the mistakes of others......( WALK THIS WAY –PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN,By Anjali Burma, Program Co-ordinator, Safe Kids Foundation , Mumbai)
Our evaluation of the tests held in Mumbai during the academic year June2009-May2010 shows an improvement in the understanding of our concept by 23%.