During the "summer holiday block," many dangerous traffic situations involving children have occurred. Young children dart bicycles in front of oto, others mindlessly run across roads, and older ones recklessly speed on electric bikes. These incidents lead to both fortunate escapes and heartbreaking losses.

Following each incident, many continue to criticize parents for their lack of attention, observation, and failure to teach children basic traffic safety. However, teaching a child requires time and repeated actions. Yet, the behaviors children observe most frequently are often the mistakes of adults.

While we talk about teaching children, adults themselves often fail to use pedestrian crossings. Adults also play football and badminton in the street. When riding moto, adults often merge into traffic without checking. Adults still speed recklessly on roads daily, ignoring danger. So, who teaches children, and what exactly are they teaching?

With summer's arrival, students from urban and rural areas are home from school, mostly playing unsupervised. This is a sensitive time. Parents are busy with work, while safe play areas for children are scarce, and stepping outside means facing traffic. It must start with adults: stop at red lights, stay in the correct lane, and cross at pedestrian crossings. We must protect our children through our own awareness before blaming a generation raised on our own erroneous habits.

Reader Vi Van