Kids need clean hands too

Help children stay healthy by urging them to wash their hands often. Wash your hands with your children to show them how it's done.

Tell them to wash their hands for as long as it takes to sing the "Happy Birthday" song twice. This can keep them from rushing. Keep a step stool nearby for children who can't reach the sink.

Be sure to watch young children when they use alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Swallowing alcohol-based sanitizers can cause alcohol poisoning. Put hand sanitizer where children can't reach it between uses.