Watch Out! Injuries Common on Memorial Day An X-ray of a skull.
Holidays aren't always fun and games. They also present some
rather apparent opportunities for children to get hurt — from
burning themselves on the barbecue on Memorial Day to sticking
themselves with carving knives on Halloween or ingesting sharp
decorations on Christmas. But on major holidays, children are
more likely to suffer injuries from everyday activities, such as
playing football, than they are to be victims of holiday-
specific pitfalls, a new study reveals. Labor Day and Memorial
Day are the top two, likely because they are often celebrated
outdoors and people are more likely to take part in physical
activities, the researchers ay. Parents should be wary of both
routine and out-of-the-ordinary activities on a holiday weekend,
the scientists write in the May issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Boys get hurt more The researchers collected childhood-related
injury information from the National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System, a nationa