Experts: Negligence makes children suffer

SHANGHAI - A lack of awareness by young parents about child safety is being blamed for the preponderance of accidents involving children, many of them fatal, during summer holidays in the city.

The Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention says that between 2006 and 2010 the average death toll in accidents involving children in July and August was about 20, much higher than at other times of the year.

"Parents being neglectful, the inherent safety risks of residential buildings and family problems are three main reasons for the more frequent child accidents," said Zhao Ying, vice-president of the Shanghai Women's Federation, at a meeting of the standing committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China.