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Safely Enrolling Your Children in Sports

Organized sports provide countless opportunities for personal growth, especially in young children. Sports instill a sense of sportsmanship, promote physical health, and they can be a great way for...

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Teach Your Children How to Behave Around Aggressive Pups

Every year in the United States, an estimated 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs. Of that number, nearly 450,000 are children who require medical attention, according to the Centers for Disease...

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Medication and Vitamin Tips to Prevent Kids From Getting Into Them

If you look in the kitchen and bathroom cabinets of most homes, you are likely to find at least one bottle containing vitamins, over-the-counter medications or prescription drugs. While many people...

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Do Your Children Know What to Do in Case of a Fire?

More than 320 children aged 14 and younger were killed in fires and more than 100,000 were injured in 2011, according to FEMA. Of all children under the age of 19, those under 4 were at the greatest...

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What to Look For When You’re Choosing a Car Seat for Your Child

Choosing right car seat for your child is an important task. There are various car seat recalls, car seats for various ages and sizes of children, and varying prices. Correct installation can prove to...

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Winter Driving vs. Spring Driving – What to Keep in Mind

Winter and spring driving are different, requiring very different different driver skillsets, especially when you have children in the car. How to Stay Safe When Driving in Winter Winter is a beautiful...

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The Dangers of Distracted Driving

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that 3,154 people in the U.S. died in motor vehicle accidents involving distracted drivers in 2013. This was a 6.7% increase over the...

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Things You Need to Know as a New Driver

Before Getting on the Road Whether you’re a teenager who’s just gotten the keys to the family car, or someone who has learned to drive later in life, it’s important to prioritize safety above all. As...

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Gun Safety and Kids

Securing Your Guns Though many American households own one or more legal guns, many parents don’t take the proper safety precautions concerning their children. About a third of American parents whose...

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A Car Can Become an Oven! Keep Your Kids Safe this Summer

Now that it is summer, a car outside in the sun will rapidly raise the interior temperature of the vehicle, in just a few moments. Many surfaces inside a vehicle are hot enough to do severe damage to...

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5 Ways to Keep Your Child Safe from Common Hazards

Children bring an enormous amount of joy to a family. They laugh, roll around, and amuse you as they experience common things for the first time. That innocence, however, also leads makes them very...

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Childhood Obesity

The number of overweight or obese children has increased dramatically over the last 30 years. Obesity is now surpassing smoking as a health problem. If action isn’t taken, obesity is likely to continue...

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Emergency Involving Your Special Needs Child

Whether your child has fallen at the playground at school, choked on food in a restaurant, or had an adverse reaction to medication at home, a medical emergency can occur anywhere at any time. You, as...

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Is Spanking Acceptable Discipline?

Are you finding it hard to discipline your child? Using spanking as discipline is a question that many new parents are faced with. When you ask your friends or other parents, chances are that you will...

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Avoid Fried Turkey Fires Around Your Kids

Deep frying a turkey is dangerous. This is probably the riskiest method there is for making your family Thanksgiving dinner. Looking around the internet for turkey frying tips, you’ll see that most...

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Hidden Dangers of Snowball Fights

Snowball fights are complicated. On one hand, everyone can remember a good snowball fight or two from their youth, kids laughing and running around as they threw soft snow globes back and forth across...

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Winter Safety for Children of All Ages

The winter months can seem to drag for a long time, but if you and your children get out and enjoy the snowy landscapes, it may fly by faster than you think. Winter can be a lot of fun, but it can also...

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Sports for Children

An important aspect of every child’s well-being is participating in some sort of sport activity which can promote health and social benefits for them. Parents should consider which sport will benefit...

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Rear View Cameras: Car Safety

Many car brands are installing new features and gadgets in their newer models in order to provide drivers with greater comfort and safety when they are on the road. Besides new cars coming on the...

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Ways to Prevent a Child from Drowning During the Summer

The risk of drowning is a real and present danger. However, during the summer months, the risk of death due to drowning increases with ample water activities. Very young children are at a high risk for...

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