Parents with children in school need to stay on their toes to help them succeed socially and schooling wise. There are lists of ways for parents to help child education and you need to invest time and effort in learning and practicing the suggested methods. This article focuses on how to get your [...]

Virtual worlds are all the rage and parents’ concern in ensuring child safety in virtual worlds is easily understood. With toddlers and preschoolers it is very easy for parents to ensure the child’s safety, simply open an account and link it to your child’s to monitor safe play. The situation is a little [...]

Facility-laundered, third-party laundered and single-use scrubs are ‘cleaner’

A study comparing the aerobic bacterial bioburden associated with surgical scrub attire shows significantly greater child safety contamination among home-laundered attire than scrubs laundered by the healthcare facility, scrubs sent out by the facility to a third-party company for laundering, or single-use/disposable scrubs. In fact, home-laundered scrubs cleaned [...]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has designated the week of January 10 through 16 as National Influenza Vaccination Week, in an effort to raise awareness about the importance of the flu vaccine. With flu experts warning that the U.S. should prepare for a possible third wave of H1N1 flu, it is crucial [...]

Family physician and cholesterol expert Michael Cobble, M.D., has some simple resolutions and child safety fun advice for staying heart healthy in the new year. Cobble is a board-certified clinical lipidologist (NLA), certified hypertension specialist (ASH), medical director of the private practice Canyons Medical Center in Sandy, Utah, and Chief Medical Officer at Atherotech, Inc., [...]

Special Agent in Charge John A. Torres, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Los Angeles Field Division, is encouraging the public to celebrate the arrival of the New Year responsibly especially for child safety.

ATF wants you to know that celebratory gunfire is not only unsafe, it is against the law. Discharging [...]

Irwin Redlener, MD, President and Co-founder of the Children’s Health Fund, a national organization that advocates for and develops primary child care programs for disadvantaged and medically underserved children, today released the following statement on release of the final Senate health care legislation by Majority Leader Harry Reid:

“First and foremost, we applaud the Senate Majority [...]

Use of wood-burning devices is prohibited on Christmas Day

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing the third Winter Spare the Air Alert of the season for Friday, December 25, 2009, which bans burning wood, manufactured firelogs or any other solid fuel, both indoors and outdoors.
Stagnant weather conditions and wood smoke from the 1.4 [...]

Lost Child Procedure Launched at Stores
When children and parents are separated while shopping, panic can set in… that’s why Art Van Furniture is implementing CODE ADAM. Backed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the system was developed to quickly find children who are reported missing or lost in a retail store.

Beginning immediately [...]

For new parents and caregivers, nothing is more important than child safety. And for SuperBaby, an animated online video character, nothing is more important than keeping young children safe. SuperBaby is part of an online Web series targeting 18-29 year-old new parents. Today, a new SuperBaby episode is being distributed on the internet to address [...]

In the movies, kissing a frog can result in a prince. But, as the disclaimer often says, “Do not try this at home.”

Frogs, like all amphibians and reptiles, can be a source of Salmonella infections in people. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians (ARAV) are reminding the public [...]

The holiday season is a joyful time for celebrations, family gatherings and decorating the home. It’s also the most popular time for burning candles and, unfortunately, the peak season for accidental candle fires. The National Candle Association and the National Association of State Fire Marshals are urging consumers to take child safety precautions when using [...]

Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the start of National Influenza Vaccination Week. While the week was designed to highlight the importance of flu vaccinations, it also brings to light the importance of taking additional child safety steps to keep you and your family healthy during the peak cold and flu season [...]

Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente child safety study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.

The study, the largest of its kind, used electronic health records to identify more than 170,000 children vaccinated with the [...]

With cold and flu season upon us, it’s more important than ever to employ good practices to control the spread of infections and avoid illness. This is especially important for child safety.

“We need to be proactive not only to keep ourselves healthy, but to avoid transmitting illness if we’re sick,” said Eileen Finerty, RN, MS, [...]

When parents and grandparents pick out holiday gifts for children, they want to feel good about child safety, and in a tough economy, they are even more selective about toy purchases.

Moreover, the safety of many children’s accessories and toys made in China remain in question. Just this week, for example, stroller-maker Maclaren announced a recall [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Consider a recent survey of teenagers that revealed the following:
- 91% of kids have an email address
- 60% have an instant-message screen name
- 75% have a cell phone
- 72% have profiles on social networking sites
And on a more disturbing note
- 1 in 5 said they have been “cyber-bullied”
- most share personal [...]

More than 80 percent of child passenger safety seats inspected earlier this month by the Pennsylvania State Police were incorrectly installed, according to Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski, who today urged parents to check the child safety seats in their vehicles.

“Child passenger safety seats save lives, but only when they are used properly,” Pawlowski said. “Parents [...]

Safe Kids Pennsylvania wants to make sure the child safety in travelling is well taken care of. As part of the National Child Passenger Safety annual initiative, Safe Kids PA has launched a statewide billboard campaign.

The “Safety on the Go” campaign encourages parents, grandparents and caregivers to secure children in the appropriate child safety seat. [...]

Dealing with child safety issues entails your endless child care responsibility as a parent.
With much consideration to your child’s safety, here is one of the possible concerns. Suffocation hazards may cause your child’s safety at risk.

You may be sleeping with your child in your home. It may feel easier sometimes but it may be dangerous [...]