therefore, there is no harm invite your child to visit the zoo in the holiday season. Not only could see the animals are not common we find around the house, playing in the zoo also has many benefits for the child.
Visiting the zoo can be a perfect activity to spend time with family. Not only the main family, we can also invite cousins, nephews or friends so that the atmosphere more lively! In addition, by visiting the zoo, we can also satisfy the curiosity of the child about the kinds of animals that had been only he saw from books or television.
By being in a zoo environment, we can also introduce your child about caring for the environment, such as taking out the trash in its place, and protect animals that are near extinction. It is also very helpful to train your child empathy for sentient beings, such as introducing child will be a sense of responsibility in caring for animals and nature.
Zoo has a very broad space for your child to explore. Running and discover new things. but obliged to always supervise your child to stay safe when playing at the zoo.
Talk about security at the zoo, accidents have occurred at Disney World Florida. Whereas on the edge of an artificial lake located inside Disney World, the parents of 2-year-old boy, Lane Graves, must accept the fact that a crocodile had killed their youngest child. elsewhere, the accident that occurred in 2012 at the Taman Safari Bogor Indonesia, in which an officer was killed attacked by the tiger.
As a parent, the accident certainly made us worry when it will take the child to visit the zoo. However, with so many benefits to be had, visiting the zoo during the holidays can still be done safely and comfortably as long as you keep an eye on your child properly.
So that you can still take the child to the zoo quietly, a few tips can make a guide during a visit to the zoo.
Prepare your child with sufficient knowledge
Provide information about the zoo as much as possible to the child, especially if he has understood what we describe. This information can form a list of animals that will be encountered in the zoo along with the photos, the conditions in the zoo, the discipline that must be complied with by all visitors, and equally important commitment to keep order during the visit.
It is important to provide an understanding of the child, that they may play in the zoo, but there are some regulations that they must comply in order that all remain safe and comfortable. With this, the child is expected to be more cautious when visiting the zoo.
Been there in The Right Time
It must realize, in the holiday season, the zoo is a tourist destination, cheap and fun is a mainstay of city residents or tourists. Therefore, you should prepare a strategy to come at the right time.
Preferably, visit at times relatively empty of visitors, such as in the morning, or maybe at the end of vacation time when other tourists have returned to their original place. when the zoo is full of visitors it will provide a safety risk to the child, for example, the risk of lost or stuck in the crowd.
Adhere to Existing Code
Regulation is made with good intention. When the rules said not to give food to the animals, surely it is already considered by the manager. The goal of course for the good of the visitors, and also animals. not all animals can eat different types of food, because it can interfere with digestion. Therefore, do not assume trivial rules in the zoo.
Respect the Animal
Instill in your child (and ourselves), do not treat animals in the zoo disrespectfully. The animals at the zoo, although they are nurtured and cared for by humans, they are still wild animals. It should emphasize to your child, do not let your child the desire to stroke or hold an animal like tame pets at home. It Can be very dangerous for the child.
Do not also disturb the animals, such as throwing stones at the animals were asleep, or making disturbing noises. Animals can become aggressive and endanger ourselves and also the child of course.
It is also very useful for your child build emotional intelligence in terms of empathy towards animals. Fertilizer concern for animals and the environment since childhood, so this could be a good habit until their grows up.
Do not Sacrifice Life just because A Photo
For the sake of a photo or selfie that instagramable, or in order to become viral, then you are compromising the security of the child and other family members? BIG NO.
Keep your eyes safe limits to take pictures that have been set by the zoo. Safety and comfort of all the family members and occupants of the zoo is far more important than a photo.
Keep clean
Last but not least, do not forget to keep hygiene, personal and environmental hygiene. It is better always carry hand sanitizer or wet wipes to wash your baby's hands after holding various objects in the zoo. The objects in public places must have a risk of disease because of dirt or accessed by many people with different conditions.
In addition to personal hygiene, make sure you and your child are always throwing garbage in its place in order to maintain a zoo environment kept clean and teach your child to care for nature.
Holidays on the Zoo with child? Why Not!
