Don’t Take A Chance – Keep Your Child Facing the Rear.
Rear-facing car seats save the lives of young children. Who wouldn’t want to do whatever they need to do to save the lives of their young children?
Until recently, safety experts recommended that children remain in rear-facing car seats, in the back seats of cars, until they are at least one year old and twenty pounds. [...]
Children Need Helmets in the Winter, Too
Helmets aren’t just for riding bikes. Children need head protection for winter sports, too.
I don’t know about where you live, but here it’s icy and cold outside — definitely not bicycle weather. However, there are plenty of outdoor winter sports that children enjoy and that can be dangerous if they don’t have a helmet to [...]
High School Athletes With Concussions Who Have Neuropsychological Tests Are Sidelined Longer
According to a study published by the American Journal of Sports Medicine, the journal of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, athletes with concussions (closed head injuries) who have neuropsychological tests are less likely to return to play within one week than those who do not have such testing.
The study reported that although the [...]
Boys, Brain Injuries and Football
Football is not a safe sport. If it were, athletes wouldn’t have to wear so much protective gear — including helmets to protect against brain injury from the violent contact inherent in the game. Not only is it dangerous at the professional level, it’s dangerous for our sons who play in elementary, junior high and [...]
Free Bike Helmet Giveaway
Bike helmets save lives. We want children to be safe when they ride their bikes, so we are offering a FREE BICYCLE HELMET GIVEAWAY to any child who needs one.
Trudi Hays, who lives in Herndon, Virginia, stepped forward and asked for two helmets for young neighbors. She got them.
If you live in Virginia and know [...]
Will Your Special Child’s Personal Injury Lawyer Screw Up the Case?
Does your child’s personal injury lawyer know whether your child ought to have a special needs trust? Unfortunately, many personal injury lawyers don’t know how a special needs trust can protect their young clients.
I recently participated in a seminar sponsored by the Fairfax Bar Association and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. It was eye opening! [...]
Morgan’s Wonderland – A Special Place for Special People
A wonderful for children and adults with special needs opened last weekend in San Antonio, Texas. Morgan’s Wonderland was created by Gordon Hartman whose 16-year-old daughter, Morgan, has severe cognitive delay and has faced limitations her whole life. Mr. Hartman, a retired real estate developer, decided to build a fully-accessible park so his daughter and [...]
Preventing Child Brain Injuries – A Big Job
Taking safety precautions can go a long way in keeping your child safe from brain injury. Falls are the most frequent cause of brain injuries in child. For toddlers, who are just learning how to handle their bodies, falls happen while doing everyday, ordinary things. Unless there is a tumble down a flight of stairs, [...]
How Are Child Brain Injuries Treated?
Help! Your child has just taken a big fall in the playground and hit her head. What do you do now? Always a difficult question. Do you rush to the emergency room or put an ice pack on and assume she’ll be fine?
The safest option is to call your child’s doctor if you think the [...]
What Are the Symptoms of a Child Brain Injury?
How is your child going to react to a severe hit to the head? It’s hard to tell, so it’s best to be aware of the many ways that brain injuries can present themselves.
The most common physical symptom is a bump on the head. The best way to treat this is just the way you [...]