Resources for Car Safety Seats and Booster Seats
Here are some of the resources I used for the information in my blogs about car seats. (See my blog posts this past week about safe car seats for your child as she grows.)
Here’s a video explaining how to move from one car seat to another as your child “ages up” made by “Dad Labs”.
Other [...]
Keeping Your Child Safe in Your Car – Resources
Car Information
Car Safety Seats Information – Detailed guidelines for children based on age and weight with illustrations sponsored by Healthychildren.org
Kids And Cars –This website helps prevent accidental vehicular injuries by offering educational information, technological devices, and a breadth of news stories.
Child Abuse Prevention – Resources
Child Abuse Prevention
Childhelp USA: (800)-4-A-CHILD A hotline provides crisis counseling and literature about child abuse.
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse: 800-Children This organization provides information and referrals about child abuse.
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, 1-888-273-007 The National Center for Shaken Baby Syndrome is a private, nonprofit organization that provides information to professionals and parents [...]
Keeping Your Child Safe – Resources
Injury Prevention
Lead Poisoning Information from the Center for Disease Control – An all encompassing website on lead poisoning in children. Covers all topics from prevention to advocacy to making your sure your home is safe.
Home and Recreational Safety Information from the Center for Disease Control – Information and Fact Sheets on a variety of dangers [...]
Day Care Safety Resources
Day Care Safety
Virginia Star Quality Initiative – A voluntary rating system for day care facilities in Virginia. Includes a list of the highest rated establishments.
State by State codes for child care administration – This site lays out the rules and regulations for day care facilities by state.
National resource Center for Health and Safety in Child [...]
Helping Children Recover
After a child has been injured, parents can find themselves at a loss for how to help their child recover. AfterTheInjury.org is a website of The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. It was created to help parents understand their child’s reactions to injury and learn what they can [...]