Play It Safe: Making Playtime Safe For Your Child

This helpful guide for parents, babysitters, and day care providers gives advice for ensuring that toys and play environments are safe for children. This provides explanations of manufacturers labels, how to test toys for safety and how to decide what toys are safe for children of different ages. Viewers learn how to childproof indoor and outdoor play areas and what to do to keep visits to friends and relatives safe. Also demonstrates ways to effectively teach children pool safety, bicycle safety, playground safety and toy safety. Received the Bronze Apple at the 1994 National Educ. Film & Video Festival.