To to teach the Kids
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What to teach the Kids
We have had threads on Scottish midges v Canadian mozzies/midges, one on and i`m sure others that I have not found yet in the history of the site, But with two kids 13 and 9 that love the out doors what real dangers do I have to warn them about,
We are coming form Scotland and hopefully will be living in Ontario, Whitby area..
We are coming form Scotland and hopefully will be living in Ontario, Whitby area..
Last edited by Sutherlands; Dec 4th 2005 at 2:11 pm.
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Re: What to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by Sutherlands
But with two kids 13 and 9 that love the out doors what real dangers do I have to warn them about,
- Don't eat yellow snow.
- Don't feed wildlife.
- Wildlife means wild - they are not cartoon characters or pet-like.
- If you get bit or scratched by an animal, tell an adult.
- Becareful on certain beaches - surge waves, watch the tide.
- Always bring a salt shaker when you go swimming in a still lake.
- how to upright a canoe in deep water and get back in (and all the prereqisites like knowing how to swim, tread water, canoe...)
- don't go out on frozen lakes, ponds, rivers until and adult 'ok's it.
- don't go tobaganning on hills with a quick endings
- if you get a tick, don't yank it out.
- don't eat those mushrooms.
- the man offering a ride and/or some candy is probably a perv.
- some 'bear aware' stuff
What I learned the hard way:
- don't lick frozen metal things (most kids are told this previously but it seems almost everyone needs to learn this one the hard way ).
- when out in the woods, remember what poison oak looks like and watch where you squat.
- while camping, when tying your food up in a tree, make sure the tree is strong enough to hold the weight and far enough away so that when it falls over it doesn't crush your tent.
- no matter how remote you think you are, as soon as you go skinny dipping, someone appears out of nowhere.
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Re: What to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
- Always bring a salt shaker when you go swimming in a still lake.
Dozzzzy
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Re: What to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by dozzzzy
Wasabi, understood most of your advise, but couldn't fathom this one. At the risk of looking completely stupid - Why would you need a salt shaker to swim in a still lake? or should that of been a 'salt' lake and even then why?
Dozzzzy
Dozzzzy
If you get a leech stuck on you, you can just shake some salt on them and they unsucked themselves from your flesh and fall off.
Last edited by hot wasabi peas; Dec 5th 2005 at 8:59 am.
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Re: What to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
- while camping, when tying your food up in a tree, make sure the tree is strong enough to hold the weight and far enough away so that when it falls over it doesn't crush your tent.
- no matter how remote you think you are, as soon as you go skinny dipping, someone appears out of nowhere.
- no matter how remote you think you are, as soon as you go skinny dipping, someone appears out of nowhere.
#6
Re: What to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
If you get a leech stuck on you, you can just shake some salt on them and they unsucked themselves from your flesh and fall off.
Dozzzzy
#7
Re: What to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by Sutherlands
We have had threads on Scottish midges v Canadian mozzies/midges, one on and i`m sure others that I have not found yet in the history of the site, But with two kids 13 and 9 that love the out doors what real dangers do I have to warn them about,
We are coming form Scotland and hopefully will be living in Ontario, Whitby area..
We are coming form Scotland and hopefully will be living in Ontario, Whitby area..
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Re: To to teach the Kids
Shower and dry after swimming in certain lakes - infections caused by duck bugs. Or even better - choose somewhere else to swim.
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Re: To to teach the Kids
POISON IVY!!! :scared:
Warning.... gross link
By the way, I think I read somewhere in passing that the current best practice advice for ticks is speed is more important than accuracy, so just yank it out if you have to. Scraping it off with a credit card or knife is supposed to be a good fast way, but always check for bits left behind. Guess it depends on the type of tick though. Mostly here they are the small Deer ticks I think.
Warning.... gross link
By the way, I think I read somewhere in passing that the current best practice advice for ticks is speed is more important than accuracy, so just yank it out if you have to. Scraping it off with a credit card or knife is supposed to be a good fast way, but always check for bits left behind. Guess it depends on the type of tick though. Mostly here they are the small Deer ticks I think.
Last edited by iaink; Dec 5th 2005 at 2:49 pm.
#11
Re: To to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by dbd33
Do not eat fish caught in Ontario.
Last edited by iaink; Dec 5th 2005 at 2:43 pm.
#12
Re: To to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by iaink
...beyond the levels recomended by the MoE
#13
Re: To to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by dbd33
I considered posting a link to one of those signs saying that it's safe to eat a fish once a year if one never intends to get pregnant and if one does not suffer from any of a list of conditions and if the fish isn't a bottom feeder and if it's not from a long lived species and if it's less than so many metric pounds but I thought "Dont' eat 'em" was an adequate summation.
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Re: What to teach the Kids
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
- If you get bit or scratched by an animal, tell an adult.
#15
Re: To to teach the Kids
Don't eat the dirt and wash hands after playing and getting dirty because of
blastomycosis is in the soil here.
Not giving any particular link as you'll all be able to find one with your desination in mind.
blastomycosis is in the soil here.
Not giving any particular link as you'll all be able to find one with your desination in mind.