Back-to-School Health and Safety Tips to Keep Your Child Well

Most schools have begun and grownups are busy with school supplies such as notebooks and materials, becoming oblivious to some critical points.

Here are some tips to be aware of for a happy and safe school year:

* Hygiene:

Personal hygiene is very important, starting with face washing, teeth scrubbing, and bathing to school uniforms and shoes.

Children should also wear a light-perfumed scent to refresh them and uphold their odor throughout the day.

* Hair care:

Clean hair is an important part of health and hygiene, as insects often get in children's hair, whether in the swimming pool, nurseries, or schools.

Thus, parents must have a routine for cleaning hair and applying insect repellents as well as train the child not to place their hands in their hair, no matter how clean it is.

* Hand and dental hygiene during schooltime:

Parents should provide the child with sterile wipes to disinfect their hands before and after eating.

*Lunch box

Choosing the quality of the lunch box is very important. It should be good quality and have stainless steel inner plates in order not to interact with the food.

* Water bottle

It is also important that the water bottle be stainless steel to keep the liquid inside at a constant temperature to ensure the child will keep on drinking until the end of the day.

* Food

Children remain at their school for a long time, which could extend to 8 hours, thus the food in the lunch box must be fresh, clean, and properly preserved to protect it from bacteria before consuming.

Contributed by Yara Sameh