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| What to do in a Poison Emergency |
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| What do you do if you suspect your child has ingested a poison? Call poison control. Here are some questions you should be prepared to answer.... more |
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| Graco Recalls over 1 million Strollers |
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| Baby gear manufacturer Graco has recalled nearly 1.5 million strollers after seven reports of canopy hinges lacerating, and even amputating, the fingers of children.... more |
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| Two kinds of Children's Tylenol Recalled |
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| Grape and Bubblegum flavors of Children's Tylenol Meltaway tablets were recalled on Friday, Jan. 15 after some were found to carry a strange odor that was linked to symptoms of nausea, stomach pain, vomitting and diarrhea in some.... more |
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| Growing Up Online |
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| "Don’t talk to strangers in public.” “Don’t open the door to someone you don’t know.” “Don’t give out personal information to someone who calls on the phone.” Kids learn these real world rules as soon as they can walk and talk. Most parents want to extend the same kind of common sense rules to the Internet but it is, as they say, complicated. What spaces are public? Who is a stranger? What kind of information makes children vulnerable? ... more |
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| What's in Your Family's First Aid Kit? |
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| If you’re planning a fall getaway or a family Thanksgiving trip, don’t forget to take along a First Aid kit filled with all the essentials. Just like packing for that getaway, you can keep it simple or stuff your kit until it barely closes.... more |
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| Guide to Safe Trick-or-Treating |
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| Are your kids Trick-or-Treating next weekend? Make sure you share the following safety tips from the Centers for Disease Control. Doing it is sure to spell a SAFE HALLOWEEN for all.... more |
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| Practice Your Fire Escape! |
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| Oct. 4-10 is Fire Prevention Week, but families should always have a plan in place in case of a fire in the home. Don’t have one? Follow these tips from the National Fire Protection Association:
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| What's Landing Local Kids in the ER? |
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| You’re a parent. Of course you’ve panicked about the many ways your children could get hurt. Your baby could roll off the changing table and land on her head. Your toddler could yank a pot off the stove and pour boiling water on himself. Your teen could butt heads with a teammate while going for the soccer ball.... more |
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| Keep School Sports Safe |
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| According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an estimated 1.4 million high school sports injuries lead to 500,000 doctors visits and 30,000 hospitalizations annually. ... more |
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| Teach Your Child Their Phone Number |
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| According to eHow.com, parents should consider teaching children their phone number once they turn 3 years old. Here’s how to do it in five simple steps:... more |
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| Lessons for Latchkey Kids |
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| If your kid will be a Latchkey kid (one that heads to an empty home after school alone, key in hand), rest assured that he or she is not alone. More than 3 million children age 12 and younger fend for themselves until a parent arrives at the home, says Ruth A. Peters, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and regular contributor to “Today.”
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| Simplicity Drop Side Cribs Recalled |
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| The crib's plastic hardware can break or deform, causing the drop side to detach. When the drop side detaches, it creates a gap that infants and toddlers can get stuck in and suffocate in.... more |
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| 10 Tips to Keep Your Picnic Safe! |
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| Nothing says summer like a picnic. But if you don’t follow some basic precautions, your fun in the sun could turn into a day in bed recovering from food poisoning and the like. Keep it safe with these tips from www.whatscookingamerica.net.... more |
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| Take the Fireworks Safety Quiz |
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| Fireworks are fun, but if not used safely, they can lead to disaster. Each year, more than 8,000 people are injured using fireworks. Do you know your fireworks facts? Take the quiz below from www.cpsc.gov to find out. ... more |
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| Top 12 Tips to Keep Your Child Safe This Summer |
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| Private investigator David Almeida has been helping parents recover their missing children for over 18 years. Based on years of experience Almeida has comprised his top 12 tips to keeping children safe this summer. ... more |
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| Keeping Kids Water Safe |
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| According to a Safe Kids Worldwide study (in partnership with Johnson & Johnson), 37 percent of parents of children ages 5 to 14 report their children have never had swimming lessons. If your kids haven’t either, read on for some safety tips.... more |
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| The Importance of Creating a Will |
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| We all know that death, like taxes, is an inevitability of life. Yet, many of us avoid any discussion of death thinking, perhaps, that if we avoid the discussion, we can somehow avoid the death. But the truth is the “death discussion” is one we all need to have. While the subject may be uncomfortable, important decisions need to be made while we are still of sound mind and body. Laying out our wishes before we die can spare our family an enormous amount of heartache after our death.
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| Bike Riding Dos and Don'ts |
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| Every year, about 300,000 kids go to the emergency department because of bike injuries. Some of these injuries are so serious that children die, usually from head injuries. Before you pull your bike out of the garage, read these tips on how to keep your ride safe.
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| CARS-themed shoes sold at Wal-Mart recalled |
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| Buster Brown & Co. has announced a recall of "Cars"-themed children's plastic clog shoes, sold at Wal-Mart, in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). About 73,000 shoes were sold in the United States and 18,000 in Canada.... more |
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| Fire Safety: 10 Tips That Could Save Your Life |
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| In the United States, someone dies from a home fire roughly every 134 minutes, and every 20 seconds a fire department responds to a fire somewhere in the nation. With these types of statistics, many wonder what they can do to help keep their family safe. ... more |
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| Keeping Kids Safe |
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| Computers are present in almost every house, school and coffee shop. With computers comes the Internet, now a staple of our generation. Online access, with all its pluses, presents a concern to many parents.
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| Holiday Safety |
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| From now through January, families will spend hours decorating their homes for the holidays, whether it’s candles for Hanukkah, kinaras for Kwanzaa, or ornaments for the Christmas tree. ... more |
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| Fire Safety: Tips for keeping your family and home safe |
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| Last week my children and I visited the annual “Family Fun Expo” in our town. There we were exposed to the latest gadgets, activities, and educational experiences the modern family just can’t live without. In between the motorized baby jogger and “all-natural” toddler biscuits, was a booth operated by our local window manufacturer. ... more |
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