Another Baby Sling Recalled – Risk of Suffocation
Sprout Stuff has recalled its popular baby sling in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) due to the risk of suffocation. One newborn baby has reportedly died due to suffocation in this specific sling. The CPSC issued a warning on March 12, 2010 about all baby slings. Several other slings have [...]
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 [...]
Our children are safer in cars today.
Did you know that one reason our children are safer in cars today is because for many years lawyers have filed lawsuits against automobile manufacturers that forced them to make safer cars? We now have seatbelts, airbags (front and side), safety glass, and cars that don’t unexpectedly jump into reverse, to name a few, because [...]
What If Your Child Gets Lost In A Store?
Stephanie, a young friend of mine, works part time in a large book store. She recently wrote about an incident that happened while she was at work, and I thought parents ought to know about CODE ADAM. Here’s the note she wrote to me:
From working in Barnes and Noble I have learned about Code Adam, [...]
Can Your Child Trust Caller ID? Maybe Not.
One reason to love our smart phones is all the “apps” that are available. Theyhelp you out of traffic, translate a foreign language, and thousands of other useful actions.
However, some apps have devious purposes. Growing numbers of apps provide Caller ID Spoofing. We rely on caller ID and don’t question that the person on the [...]
Motorcycle Racing for Kids
I made my way to the Roadracing World website today. It’s the online site for Roadracing World Magazine. Although I may not be interested in roadracing bikes myself, I have no beef with people who are interested in that sport reading about equipment and events and talking about safety issues, all of which are topics [...]