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Helping Children Feel Safe in Unsafe Times
Upsetting or violent community or national events put everyone on edge. The extensive news coverage can add to the ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Playground Safety
A safe place to playIf you ask your child what he likes most about school, the answer you are likely to get is, ...
Source: OneToughJob
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A Close Look at Fatal Injuries in Young Kids
A new study reports good and bad news about injury-related death rates in young children in the United States. Rates ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Safety Tips for Parents
Each day presents new challenges for educators and parents to invent creative and loving ways to discuss some of ...
Source: Child Quest International, Inc.
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Talking To Teens About Unintentional Injuries
What’s It All About?Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death among adolescents 11 to 19 years old in ...
Source: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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Tips for Public Playground Safety
Each year, about 200,000 children are treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for playground equipment-related ...
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Staying Safe on Campus: Date Rape
Some Advice About Date RapeDate rape, or acquaintance rape, is an increasingly common problem on college campuses all ...
Source: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Kindergarten: Keeping Your Child Safe
Kindergarten is a time when your child wants to be more independent and often may attempt new experiences. However, a ...
Source: Iowa State University Extension
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Missing Children: Incidences and Characteristics of Runaway Children and Resources Available to Them
Introduction The personal, emotional, and human impacts associated with runaway children are vast. While experts do not ...
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Choosing Safe Baby Products
Even though babies are small and seem uncomplicated, there's nothing small or simple about their accessories! Selecting ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Choosing Safe Baby Products: The Dangers of Walkers
Walkers are devices that use a wheeled frame and suspended seat to allow babies to propel themselves using their feet. ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Choosing Safe Baby Products: Gates
Gates placed at the top of stairs or in doorways are used to keep toddlers away from hazardous areas of the ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Talking Safety to Your Preschooler
By the time your child is around age three, you need to begin paving the way for personal safety skills. It begins now, ...
Source: Education.com
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How to Talk About Safety with a Kindergartener
As a caring parent, you strive to be a good protector and teacher. You walk a thin line between exposing your children ...
Source: Education.com
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Talking Safety
When your child is in upper grade school you must actively help him learn how to gauge what's safe. He's no longer "a ...
Source: Education.com
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The Facts About...School Safety
PDF (798 KB) The Challenge: All children need a safe environment in which to learn and achieve. Too ...
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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Monitoring Playground Safety
Each year in the United States, more than 200,000 children go to hospital emergency rooms with injuries that happened ...
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The Choking Game
Young people need to understand that the Choking Game is not a game and that it is very dangerous. You may remember ...
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Choosing Safe Baby Products: Bathtubs
Baby bathtubs give parents a controlled environment for cleaning a wet, slippery baby. The angle of the tub helps free a...
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School Safety: Three Steps To Keep The Peace
The recent tragic school shooting reminds us of the important role each child and each adult has in maintaining the...
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Finding the Right Bike
In the market for a new bike? When selecting bikes for kids, here are some things to consider. Bike Basics Make...
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Choosing Safe Baby Products: Changing Tables
Generally, you can choose from three kinds of changing tables: wooden ones with guardrails fold-up models hinged...
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Road Rules for Little Passengers
Correctly installed and properly used child safety seats (car seats) and ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
