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Tick Awareness for Families: Helping Children Check After Outdoor Play
Simple family routines can make tick checks part of returning from outdoor play without making children fearful of nature.
Tick awareness should support outdoor confidence rather than fear. Families can make checks a normal part of returning from woodland, grassland, parks, camping and garden play.
Keep the routine calm and thorough
Check clothing first, then look and feel across the skin with particular attention to the head, neck, hairline and skin folds. UKHSA notes that children are more often bitten around the head and neck than adults.
Prepare adults as well as children
Keep suitable instructions and an appropriate removal tool accessible to the responsible adult. Visit the Tick Knowledge Centre and read UKHSA’s current tick-awareness advice.