KSHB 41: Kids venturing out in Kansas City snow should bundle up
By Jessica McMaster
An expert at the Center for Childhood Safety at Children's Mercy Hospital wants to make sure parents know temperatures across the Kansas City region could be too low for kids to play outside.
If kids do go outside to play, Laura Kemerling, Program Manager for Center for Childhood Safety, said it's important to make sure most of their skin is covered.
Kemerling suggests kids wear a wool hat with additional ear covers underneath.
"So hat, ear protection of some type, even sunglasses or ski goggles because that sun can be really bright and project off the snow. So protecting their eyes is really important," Kemerling said. "If you have sunscreen, a broad spectrum SPF 30 to cover their skin, is a really ood idea."
Kemerling said it's important kids wear a base layer.
"Obviously layers of clothes across the torso is really important," Kemerling said. "You can do cotton underneath. But something that fully covers their torso and arms."
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