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As a kind of recreational equipment, slide is largely welcomed by children and even adults.

Kids slides are designed especially for children according to children’s personalities and characters. There are various type of kids slides, such as plastic kids slides, red elephant long nose kids slides,  white little rabbit slides, barrel-shape kids slides,  twin-dog kids slides, mushroom hole kids slides, to name a few.

Sliding kids slides needs to climb, so kids slides can play the function of strengthening children’s confidence and willpower, nursing children to be brave, and endowing children with pleasure of success.

However, the requirement of kids slides’ design is very strict. A kids slide consists of three parts, namely climbing steps, a flat, and a slide. The materials used to make kids slides are often wooden, stainless steel, terrazzo, or inflatable and the most largely used material for kids slides is plastic. The surface of the kids slides must be very smooth. The climbing steps of the kids slids are designed with 70°’s slant angle, 40cm’s width, 6cm’s height, and balustrades are added to the two sides of the kids slides’ steps. Kids slides board is designed with 30－35°’s slant angle, 40cm’s width. Besides, there should be mat with more than 3cm’s thickness under the kids slides to protect children from hurting.

With a variety of kinds, shapes, and materials, similiar to playsets, kids slides have great attraction to children. But because of crowding, carelessness while playing kids slides and some other reasons, it is quite common to be hurt. So it is very important for parents to be together with children while playing kids slides and ready to keep off danger.

There are several common dangers in playing kids slides, which parents should keep in mind and take immediate and simple action when it happens.

The first one is bruise. The surfaces of some kids slides are not as smooth as required. And some kids slides often become rough and even appear fissures after long time using. These are often the causes of children’s bruise. The wound coursed by this way is usually very small, parents should pay attention to wash away dirties by alcohol.

The second may be the falling from kids slides. Some kids slides are too high, when children are playing, they pay no attention to their ground, and they may fall down from ladder. On these occasions, their heads are often hurt. At this time, parents should not move the child casually. They should firstly check the child’s head to make out their heads are hurt or not, and then take some corresponding measures.

The third is contusion. Some kids slides are not of reasonable design. Therefore, it is always easier to make children contusion. Minor contusion can be treated by ice compress.

The last may be crush. As there may be many children playing around the kids slides, it may happen that a child is crushed by others. On these occasions, the parents should take the child out and observe whether there is anything wrong with the child.

Kids slide is indispensable recreational equipment for children, but safety is more important. The kids slides manufacturer should ensured their quality and design to make them be safe for children.

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