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Staying Home Alone
All parents will someday ask themselves if their child is ready to stay home alone. Before leaving your child home alone, make sure they are ready and set rules to keep them safe.
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Summer Safety
Summer is a favorite time of year for many children. Help make sure your children have a fun, safe summer by reviewing some tips to prevent injury.
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Toy Safety
Some toys can lead to injuries. These injuries can be the result of a flaw in the product design but can also happen when the toy is used in a way that does not follow the manufacturers’ instructions.
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Tree House Safety
Building and playing in tree houses is a favorite activity for young children. Though a tree house can be a place of great fun and imagination, unfortunately it can also lead to serious injury.
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Types of Smoke Alarms
Every year, more than 3,000 people die in home fires in the United States. Fire deaths are usually the result of breathing in toxic smoke, and most fatal fires occur at night.
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New National Study Emphasizes Need for Tree House Safety Standards
Although building and playing in tree houses is widely considered a rite of passage for children, it can unfortunately lead to serious injury. A recent study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that an
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Window Falls
Every year, over 5,100 children younger than 18 years of age are treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments for injuries related to falls from windows.
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Buying Safe Toys for the Holidays
It’s the time of year when children start making lists of the toys they dream of – the ones they know will be absolutely necessary for their upcoming adventures! We encourage children to play as much as possible. It is how they grow and learn.
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How To Choose Safe Toys
Before you head out shopping this weekend double check your list against the dangerous toy list released today. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) released it’s annual Trouble in Toyland report. Their key findings included: Lead and toxic chemicals continue to be a hazard in toys.
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New Study Finds a Child Treated in a U.S. Emergency Department Every 3 minutes for a Toy-Related Injury
‘Tis the season for toys. Children are writing lists full of them, and parents are standing in lines (or tapping on computers) trying to find them. Playing with toys this season or any other is an important way for children to develop, learn, and explore.