To help more of the nearly 7,000 Virginia children now in foster care or on waiting lists for good, loving homes, the 127-year old children’s crisis charity KidsPeace is opening a much-needed foster child care and community programs center in Alexandria.

Funded through a federal grant secured by Congressman Jim Moran, the new center is a [...]

Here is something that should affect child safety. Merton Plastics and Electronics Factory in Dongguan, China produces Disney, Mattel and McDonald’s toys for sale around the world. A new report by China Labor Watch describes serious labor violations at the factory, including illegal wages and substandard living conditions.

CLW calls on international toy brands to respect [...]

In the end, there is no better substitute than real child care and parenting.

The Baby Einstein videos seemed the solution to many busy parents. Just leave it on for your babies to watch and they’ll grow to be fine and intelligent like the namesake of the videos. But a New York Times report debunks this [...]

With Halloween right around the corner, and H1N1 flu widespread across the country, the American Red Cross offers child safety tips to help parents and children celebrate safely this year.

“We don’t want anyone to go out trick-or-treating and come home sick,” said Sharon Stanley, Chief Nurse of the American Red Cross. “You can follow these [...]

The vast majority of parents want schools to limit students’ access to high-calorie chips, sodas and candy and to offer them opportunities for physical activity throughout the day for child development, a new survey by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation shows.

The national survey, released today, signals the breadth of parents’ support for changes to [...]

Today, LA’s BEST After School Enrichment Program and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced a new partnership for child education about the importance of drinking water for a healthy living, and reducing waste by reusing and recycling more plastics.

As part of the program, ACC will provide LA’s BEST students with reusable water bottles that they [...]

Parents should take extra care in selecting toys for young children and supervising their play during the holidays, according to a leading eye surgeon on child safety.

According to Dr. Mark Borchert, director, The Vision Center at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, certain toys, such as BB guns, pose a particular danger for young children.
“While a BB [...]

The haunted happenings of Halloween children activities are upon us and soon we’ll be carving pumpkins, dressing in costumes and telling spooky stories.

But if your child has a food allergy, what’s at the bottom of his or her trick-or-treat bag may be more frightening than any ghost or goblin.
According to a new national survey of [...]

Child Care Education Institute (CCEI), a distance training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care industry, is proud to announce the launch of a new Head Start Training website.

The new site, www.headstarttrainingonline.com, directly serves the needs of the Head Start community. The design and streamlined navigation makes finding enrollment requirements, program descriptions, scholarship opportunities, and [...]

Cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death in Florida in 2005, accounting for approximately 35 percent of all deaths in the state. People with heart disease are at a high risk for serious and potentially life-threatening complications from the flu. So get your family vaccinated for utmost child safety.

Therefore, the U.S. Centers for Disease [...]

With the recent national focus on big families and births of multiples, it is easy to see parenting and child development can sometimes become overwhelming in the modern family.

In “Words from the Wise, Parenting with Proverbs” (published by iUniverse), author Deana Cerniglia presents tips and straightforward, Bible-based information for making this job easier and improving [...]

The need to protect your personal computer, your family, your identity and financial information from web-based threats, cyber criminals and online predators has never been greater. One of the newest child safety solutions to help protect against those threats is now available from CA, Inc.

The Company is unveiling CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2010, engineered [...]

– Seasonal influenza vaccine intentions are up due to H1N1 influenza; mothers see influenza as a child safety health threat

– Overall, mothers view seasonal influenza vaccine as safe and effective, yet misperceptions still cause some to avoid this immunization for their children
– Results suggest health care professionals need to play stronger role as vaccine advocates
Novel [...]

Kwik Fit Insurance are calling on all schools in the North East region to remember to nominate their Lollipop person for the 2009 Lollipop Person of the Year Awards, which close on Friday 30th October.

The North East winner from 2008 was Eric Allen from St Oswald’s Primary School in Durham and time is running out [...]

Health and eco conscious parents nationwide have a new resource for adorable and affordable child care clothing for infants. Funkoos, a brand new line of playful baby clothes and accessories made from the finest certified 100 percent organic cotton, is officially available.

“Funkoos is now the great equalizer when it comes to making organic clothing affordable. [...]

For many families across the country, Halloween is the official launch of the holiday and decorating season. In fact, a recent study predicts Halloween spending may reach $5.77 billion on costumes, decorations and candy. Whether adorning their homes with jack-o-lanterns, decorative lights or creepy cobwebs, many families don’t realize their Halloween traditions might be dangerous [...]

As families prepare to help kids draft their “Dear Santa” letters, Toys”R”Us today announced the launch of ‘Wish List,’ making it easier for gift-givers to grant gifts for kids this holiday season.

Using Wish List, parents and kids together can create a tailored list of toys based not only on what the child wants, but on [...]

Back-to-school means back to hitting the books. Yet this year, one Wisconsin teacher is passing out a different kind of book to her students in grades five through eight. The new fitbook junior, a 12-week interactive fitness and food journal for kids, will teach students at St. Francis de Sales the importance of goal-setting, engaging [...]

Despite an increase in the status of child education in afterschool programs over the last five years, today more than a quarter of the nation’s schoolchildren are on their own in the afternoons, and the parents of 18 million children say they would enroll their kids in afterschool programs if programs were available. These are [...]

Many parents grew up with medical adages or advice that have since been proven by scientists to be incorrect or outdated. Here are five common myths about children’s eye health and the medical reality behind them, prepared by the physicians at The Vision Center at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles for a guided child development.

Myth #1. [...]

Sid, star of SID THE SCIENCE KID, is hearing a lot of talk this fall about how to stay healthy, which leads him to ask lots of child care questions about what can make a person sick and what he can do to keep from getting sick.

In the new special episode “Getting a shot: You [...]

“Most people know about Helen Keller as a child - full of curiosity and wonder at the world that was opened to her. Today we recognize her as that child, but also as the woman she became: civic-minded, politically active, and a standard bearer for the great causes of her age and of ours.

Speaker Nancy [...]

The end of outdoor swimming and pool season doesn’t mean the end of drowning dangers for young children. After pools, more children drown in bathtubs than in any other product in and around the home. Here are some important child safety insights.

For 2003-2005, CPSC staff received reports of an average of 90 children younger than [...]

Veteran creative strategist Marlene Byrne today announced that her fourth book in the Project Play children’s series, which aims to inspire child education to get back outdoors for good, old-fashioned playtime, is now available.

Starring Sam and the adventurous Edgebrook gang, Kick the Can is Byrne’s first paperback, chapter-style story in the Project Play (www.ProjectPlayBooks.com) series, [...]

Nestle USA has joined an unprecedented coalition of more than 40 retailers, food and beverage manufacturers and non-governmental organizations to launch the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a national, multi-year effort designed to help reduce obesity - one of the less heralded children behavior problems there are - by 2015.

The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation will promote [...]

Halloween is one of the most avidly awaited holidays for children activities, but it also harbors the greatest potential for dangers, including accidents and contact with strangers.

While any night on which children parade darkly-lit streets in a race for candy is a fraught with hazards, statistically speaking, the biggest threats to kids on Halloween are [...]

Pennsylvania Parent Information Resource Center (PA PIRC) announced that Governor Edward G. Rendell is proclaiming October as “Parent Involvement Month” in Pennsylvania.

The proclamation will be signed on October 6, 2009, and with this proclamation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will acknowledge the vital importance of family involvement with child education.
“PA PIRC is part of a larger [...]