Is Your Child Being Pressured to Sext?
I have posted a couple of blogs here, here and here about textual harassment. But, parents, have you heard about SEXTING? If not, ask your teenager. Heck, ask your ten or twelve year old.
Sexting is sending nude or semi-nude pictures of yourself to your friends. It is a problem on so many levels.
1. A teen [...]
Keep on Reading
Fourteen months ago, I posted a blog about reading and its benefits to both the reader and the “listener” along with a photograph of a grandfather reading to his 9-month-old grandson.
The photograph here is of the same grandfather and grandson, now 23 months old, sitting on the same sofa, both still enjoying each other’s company, [...]
Daycare Video Shows Employee Scrubbing Child With Abrasive Sponge
Does your child’s daycare center have a webcam? Can you access it during the day? Many daycare centers give parents video access throughout the day so they can check on their child’s experiences during the day.
Imagine the surprise Mr. and Mrs. Locasio would have had if they had checked on their son one day in [...]
What’s going on near your child’s daycare? Any wild cougars running around?
When I started writing this blog about child injuries several months ago, I never thought I’d write a post about cougar safety or, rather, safety from cougars.
My sister-in-law told me that her two-year-old grandson’s daycare is near a wild animal orphanage. A wild adult male cougar escaped the other day and was on the loose [...]
How Would You Know If Your Child Were A Victim of Textual Harassment?
Kids don’t stop needing protection once they’ve grown to be almost as tall as we are. In fact, teens may need more tools with which to protect themselves than younger children.
I have posted before about textual harassment here and here. Harassment has been around as long as there have been people. However, the new electronic [...]
Burn and Scalding Injuries – Major Thanksgiving Threat to Children
Lots of people prepare Thanksgiving dinner and worry about burning the turkey — or the pumpkin pie.
But, please, worry about the children. Thanksgiving Day can be dangerous to your child’s health.
Cooking fires are the #1 cause of home fires and home fire injuries in the United States. On average, there are about three times more [...]
No child should ever be injured by a daycare worker. Ever.
I don’t mean to scare, but I do mean to warn.
I’ve posted before HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE about how important — and hard — it is to find a safe and perfect place for your child’s care. You only want the best for your child, even when you can’t be there. So, just what [...]
Britax Chaperone Car Seat Recall
If your child has a Britax Chaperone car seat, quit using it.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Britax voluntarily recalled its Chaperone infant car seats. About 23,000 have been sold throughout the U.S. at retailers and on the Britax website for about $230. They were manufactured between April 2009 and May 2010, so there are [...]
New Tires That Are Old = Invisible Hazard That Can Be Deadly for Your Family
Every food product I know of is required to have an expiration date prominently displayed. Why, then, aren’t tire manufacturers required to prominently display the manufacture date on tires?
Did you know that rubber breaks down over time, regardless of whether a tire has actually being used on a motor vehicle? Did you also know that, [...]