Thankfully, there are steps that parents can take to help make sure kids stay safe on the field, the court, or wherever they play or participate in sports and recreation activities.
Key Prevention Tips
Gear up. When children are active in sports and recreation, make sure they use the right protective gear for their activity, such as helmets, wrist guards, knee or elbow pads.
Use the right stuff. Be sure that sports protective equipment is in good condition, fits appropriately and is worn correctly all the time—for example, avoid missing or broken buckles or compressed or worn padding. Poorly fitting equipment may be uncomfortable and may not offer the best protection.
Get an action plan in place. Be sure your child’s sports program or school has an action plan that includes information on how to teach athletes ways to lower their chances of getting a concussion and other injuries. Get more concussion safety tips.
Pay attention to temperature. Allow time for child athletes to gradually adjust to hot or humid environments to prevent heat-related injuries or illness. Parents and coaches should pay close attention to make sure that players are hydrated and appropriately dressed.
Be a good model. Communicate positive safety messages and serve as a model of safe behavior, including wearing a helmet and following the rules.
Anger can also be a substitute emotion. By this we mean that sometimes people make themselves angry so that they don't have to feel pain. People change their feelings of pain into anger because it feels better to be angry than it does to be in pain.
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Harassment is a form of discrimination and is a violation of law and policy. Harassment is defined as:
unwelcome verbal or physical conduct based on one’s membership in a protected category, as listed on the previous screen;
conduct when the submission or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for employment related decisions or actions; and
conduct that has the intent or effect of unreasonably interfering with one’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment (also known as a hostile work environment).
Petty slights, annoyances, and isolated incidents (unless extremely serious) do not rise to the level of prohibited harassment. To constitute harassment, the conduct must create a work environment that would be hostile or offensive to a reasonable person. Examples of behavior that may constitute harassment include:
racial or ethnic jokes or slurs;
pictures, objects, or graphic material containing offensive content;
threatening words or gestures directed at a person because of his or her membership in a protected class;
obscene, vulgar, or abusive language;
notes or e–mails containing slurs, jokes, or abusive language;
stalking (waiting for the employee in the parking lot; hanging out near an employee’s home); and
physical assault, such as twisting a co–worker’s arm, brushing a hand across their buttocks
