Free Bike Helmet Giveaway
Bike helmets save lives. We want children to be safe when they ride their bikes, so we announced in our most recent newsletter our FREE BICYCLE HELMET GIVEAWAY. We offered our newsletter subscribers a free child’s bike helmet for any child who needs one.
Trudi Hays, who lives in Herndon, Virginia, stepped forward and asked for [...]
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, [...]
Is Every Bump on Your Child’s Head a Brain Injury?
Is every bump on your child’s head a cause for concern? Yes.
Is every one a brain injury? No.
The harder question is, “How do I tell the difference?” The answer is a little harder, too.
Brain injuries are often divided into two categories: low force and high force injuries, depending on the severityof the blow to the [...]
Brain Injuries in Children – How Do They Happen?
Everyone knows the joke: “I’m strange because I was dropped on my head as a baby.” But it’s no joke when a baby or a child hits her head hard.
How do brain injuries in children happen? Here are the five most common causes.
1. Falls. Kids are super active, so falls happen often. Not surprisingly, they [...]
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 [...]
Buckle Up – Prevent Brain Injuries
Let’s talk seatbelts.
We make a commitment to keep our children safe in our cars. When they are small, we go to great expense to buy the best car seats we can and spend a lot of time buckling/unbuckling them in and out. But what about when they are older? And, what about buckling ourselves in?
March [...]
Do You Understand How Brain Injury Affects A Child?
So many things change in a child’s life when she acquires a brain injury. Regardless of the child’s age, traumatic brain injury affects every area of her life — and the lives of those who live with her. How will she make new friends? How will she cope with school? Will she ever be the [...]
What If Your Child Hurts Her Head? How Do You Know If It’s Serious?
Most of the time, when a child hurts her head, she gets well and has no ongoing problems. However, with brain injuries, some children may have problems that are hard to notice right away. One by one, the problems may not seem so unusual. But, in the case of a brain injury, the problems don’t [...]
Snowmobiling
It’s winter, and lots of folks take to the outdoors for snowmobiling. While Virginia isn’t usually known for its large amounts of snow, our neighbors to the north and west often have plenty of snow for Virginians to enjoy.
Snowmobiling can be an exciting and invigorating activity. It also is a sport with potential for serious [...]
MacPherson’s Children’s Art Easels – Lead Poisoning Danger
We all know that lead is a HUGE danger to humans, especially children. Lead poisoning can cause brain injury in children.
You hear about lead poisoning regularly in news reports about unhealthy levels in water and paint. We are told to check our paint supply to make sure that it is unleaded. Did you know that [...]