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Parents are being reminded: kids do as you do, not as you say, as part of a new THINK! road safety campaign aimed at driving down child road casualties, launched today by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick.
The new campaign, called "CopyCat", is the first THINK! campaign designed to speak specifically to parents.
The campaign reminds parents that kids copy their behaviour and educates them about the dangers that children face on the roads.
As part of the campaign, child psychologist Ruth Coppard will be on hand at a special training day to explain to parents how their behaviour influences that of their children.
The training day will help parents understand the dangers that their children face on the roads and parents will also be invited to see the road from a child's point of view by using a 'giant' version of a zebra crossing, surrounded by over-sized cars and amplified street noise.
Hands up here parents, lets admit we do fall into bad habits. So if you are crossing the road when the red man is showing, you have just taught your child to do that with potentially disastrous consequences.
So wait till the green man shows please.
If you don’t put on a seatbelt, not will they, if you show wild aggressive tendencies to other drivers, so will they.
On that note, you had also better keep your language under control for if you swear, guess what they will do?
FemaleFirst - Jackie Violet