Child Safety News & Tips
Laundry Room Safety: What are the Hazards and How to Address Them
Kids love to help in the laundry room. Learn more about child-proofing your laundry room from hazardous situations and prevent accidents in your home.
What to Do if You Get an Amber Alert
Learn all the essential steps on what to do if an Amber Alert flashes on your device. Discover our guide on how to respond and contribute to safe recovery of a missing child. […]
Resources for Proper Child Safety Seat Installation
Need resources that can provide helpful information for proper child safety seat installation? Learn more about the NHTSA standards, tips for infants and children with special needs, tips for booster seats, and more. […]
Holiday Safety Tips for Infants
Whether you're staying at home or traveling for the holidays, help keep your infants safe by following these safety tips. […]
Babyproofing a Kitchen: 5 Safety Tips Parents Need to Know
Help keep your children safe in the kitchen by keeping harmful objects out of reach, preventing burns, and always being attentive. Learn more about babyproofing your kitchen. […]
Does the Furniture in Your House Pose a Risk for Children?
Boost your children’s safety by making sure the furniture in your house is safe. Get tips and learn more about keeping your home safe. […]
How To Get Information on Consumer Product Safety Recalls
Americans buy and use many consumer products. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is tasked with helping protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury or death from consumer products. One way it does that is by issuing product safety recalls. Help keep your family safe by staying up to date on product safety recalls. […]
Distracted Driving: How to Talk With Teen Drivers About the Risks
Parents should talk to their teens about the dangers and consequences of distracted driving, as well as be good role models when behind the wheel. read more about why this is such an important discussion. […]
Home Fire Safety Tips for Cold Months
Home fire safety is always important, especially during the cold months. There are steps you can take to help keep your home safe from fires caused by heating equipment and holiday decorations. […]
Keep Kids Safe this Halloween
To help your kids stay out of harm’s way this Halloween, ensure they have safe costumes, set clear rules about trick-or-treating, and tell them to make good choices. Learn more about our Halloween safety tips. […]
5 Tips to Prevent Accidental Poisoning in Children
To help keep children safe from accidental poisonings, check each room of your home for harmful substances and store them where children cannot access them.
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Help Prevent Stranger Abductions – What to Teach Your Child
The world is a curious place. While it’s full of wonder, especially in the eyes of a child, it’s also important to not turn a blind eye to its possible dangers. Hence, it’s important to learn about stranger abductions and teach your child how to help prevent them and stay safe. […]
Smoke and CO2 Alarms: Safety Tips for Your Family
To help keep yourself and your loved ones safe, it’s important to make sure you have smoke and carbon monoxide alarms installed and maintained. Learn more about these alarms and other fire safety tips. […]
Can You Use too Much Sunscreen on Children?
Like other products, parents sometimes worry about the proper use of sunscreen on children. How much is too little? How much is too much. Read more to find out the best way to keep your children safe in the bright sun. […]
Preventing Injuries in Children While Camping
When bringing your family together to spend time roughing it in the woods, how can you keep your most vulnerable family members — your kids — safe? In this article, we will explore ways to plan a safe trip, anticipate emergencies, and keep your youngest family members safe. […]
Emergency Training for Kids: How to Teach Kids about Staying Safe
Teaching your child to properly identify an emergency and how to seek help isn’t an easy task. Explore more about teaching your kids about contacting 911 and how to stay safe during an emergency. […]
Swimming Pool Safety: What Parents Need to Know
Swimming pools are a great place for families to go to have fun and spend quality together. However, it’s important to know and follow pool safety steps for in and around the water, to help lessen the chances of injury or drowning. Since 69% of young children who have drowned were not expected to be in or near water, it’s more important than ever to not only keep an eye on them, but to understand these safety rules. […]
Teaching Bike Safety to First Time Riders
With about 80 million bicyclists sharing the road with motor vehicles, it’s important for bike riders and drivers to take safety precautions. This is where the importance of learning the fundamentals of riding for first time bicyclists comes in. Even if you’re an experienced rider, it’s still beneficial to periodically review these rules of the road. […]
How to Keep Your Child Safe around Pets
Everyone loves a furry friend and many people choose to have their children grow up with pets. However, it is important to be aware of the interactions between young children and these pets. Learn more about simultaneously keeping pets and children safe today. […]
Tips for Child Proofing Your Home
For young children, there is so much to explore. Kids are curious about what things are and how they work. However, when unsupervised, they can easily harm themselves by looking into these mysterious things. Take a look at a few tips on child proofing your home. […]
6 Great Children’s Books That Teach Safety Lessons
Children enjoy learning through entertainment which is why books are a great way to keep them engaged and informed about their safety. Check out our list of six children’s books to educate your child on safe habits. […]
Preventing Injuries: A Guide to Playground Safety
Going to the playground can be the highlight of a kid’s day, but playgrounds can be dangerous if they aren’t taken seriously. Learn five tips you can your children can use to help ensure everyone’s safety. […]
2019 Statistics on Missing Children
With the children in our life set as our number one priority, it’s important to keep our kids safe. Take a look at the common reasons children went missing in 2019 to be aware of the potential dangers to help prevent them from happening. […]
What Are the Benefits of the Child Safe Kit®?
When a child goes missing, every second counts. The Child Safe Kit® stores vital identifying information about your child that can help authorities in their search. […]
Phone App Safety Guide
With so many new apps being released each month, though, it may seem impossible to really stay informed. That’s why we made this helpful guide so that you can decide what apps your children should and shouldn’t use to keep them safe in cyberspace. […]
Family Digital Safety Tips
Teaching kids to navigate the digital world is ongoing and ever changing, but these tips can help parents focus on what is most important. […]
8 Digital Skills Your Kids Should Be Building
The accelerated pace of digital technology can expose kids to dangerous risks, so it’s critical that parents teach their children right from the start the ways to stay digitally safe. […]
Talking to Kids about Safe Passwords
Most parents know the dos and don’ts of passwords, but what about your kids? A strong password is the best way to stay on the defensive from hackers and even online predators. Learn more on how to help keep your children safe online. […]
Phone Monitoring Software Guide for Parents
Cyberspace is not always a safe place for your child to be, and the best way to keep them safe is to carefully monitor their online activity. Ready to get started? Check out this guide comparing phone monitoring software options. […]
Should You Be Worried About Your Kids Browsing Incognito?
Have you seen your child surfing the web in “Incognito Mode”? Don’t even know what this is? Either way, you may be wondering if this is something you should be worried about. Learn more about browsing incognito today. […]
Top 8 Vacation Spots for Families Looking for a Digital Detox
In an age in which it seems that everyone is hyper-focused on their personal devices, disconnecting from technology can help a family reconnect with each other. If your family is looking for some great places to go that puts the focus back on real-life, read more. […]
Signs Your Child May Be Bullying Others
No parent wants to believe their kid could ever be a bully, but it happens. In fact, approximately 30% of young people admit to bullying others, so it’s important that parents learn the warning signs. […]
Could A Selfie Be a Safety Risk?
Like it or not, it’s the age of the selfie. While self-portraits are nothing new, at no other time in history have people been so obsessed with their own image, but could something that seems harmless actual present a safety risk? Learn more. […]
Your Kids Will Love These 40 Summer Fun Ideas
Summer is here and your kids are ready for some fun, so we have put together a lifesaver of a list to keep kids busy. Check it out. […]
DIY Cell Phone Accessories to Make With Your Child
If you are the crafty type and are looking for some fun ways to spend time with your child, check out these great DIY cell phone accessories from simple upcycled household items. […]
Family Game Nights Are Getting People Talking Again
If the family is falling into the inevitable rut of staring at a digital device for the majority of the evening, there may be a way to get everyone talking again by having a family game night. Learn how you can start a family game night tradition. […]