Kid Safety outdoors in the backyard is of prime importance. Kids love to play outdoors, especially in the summer time. It is essential to impose kid safety restrictions while playing in your garden or backyard. One has to be especially careful with younger kids below the ages of 7, as they are more likely to be hurt. With a combination of preventive measures and some amount of caution, your kids safety can be ensured.

1. Fully enclose your backyard. Be careful that there are no open gates or paths from which your child can get out of the backyard onto the road outside. Your fences/hedges should be of a reasonable height to prevent kids from climbing over them.

1. Move all sharp objects out of reach. All gardening tools, equipment and lawn mowers must be kept away from the reach of kids to ensure their safety.
2. Make sure that there is no Barbeque equipment lying around. Grills, propane tanks, skewers, implements and the rest must be safely tucked away out of sight.
3. Avoid deck chairs and tables which are unstable. Kids can easily topple over while trying to climb these.
4. To further ensure kid safety, make sure that there are no thorny bushes in the vicinity of the backyard. Kids can easily get scratched and hurt while trying to play nearby.
5. Provide padding for the concrete areas of the patio. You can easily pick up cheap foam padding or exercise mats from any major department store.
6. Sand boxes are a perfect way for your kids to play in one place. Kids tend to gravitate to the sand boxes, and stay out of the other more dangerous areas of the backyard.
7. If you have a pool in your backyard, including a portable pool, you have to be ever vigilant about kid safety. Here are some must read Kid Pool Safety Tips.

1. Above all, do not leave your kids unattended for too long a time. Be observant and regularly check what they are upto.