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Heatstroke Symptoms

Heatstroke Symptoms

What to do if you suspect your child is suffering from heatstroke. Heatstroke Symptoms Those hazy days of summer can pose hazards such as heat stroke. While it’s important to keep children well hydrated, and cool [...]

Water and Bike Safety for Young Children

Water and Bike Safety for Young Children

Whether camping by a lake or playing at the park, keeping toddlers and preschoolers safe is a matter of vigilance and common sense. Children love to spend time outdoors, and so they should. Outdoor play provides [...]

What to Do if Your Child is Lost in a Crowd

What to Do if Your Child is Lost in a Crowd

From fairs to malls, it’s important we teach our kids the right stuff to prevent them from getting lost in the crowds. Finding ourselves in large crowds with children in tow  is something that’s difficult to [...]

Keeping Camping with Family Fun and Safe

Keeping Camping with Family Fun and Safe

When you take your kids camping in the great outdoors, there are a few things you must keep in mind, for safety’s sake. Camping during summer holidays is one of the best ways of experiencing a [...]

Cycling Safety Tips for Children

Cycling Safety Tips for Children

How to keep your children safe when out riding their bicycles. Summer Cycling Safety Cycling is a great activity for children. Hopping on a bike can be a lot of fun and kids get a real [...]

Safety Tips for Backyard Pools

Safety Tips for Backyard Pools

How to keep your children safe and sound around a backyard pool. Pool Safety Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury related deaths in North America. And if you have a backyard pool, the [...]

Kids, Cars and Heatstroke

Kids, Cars and Heatstroke

Why leaving a child unattended in a car just isn’t acceptable. Kids, Cars and Heatstroke Every year across North America children die after being left unattended in cars, particularly during the hot days of summer. While [...]

New Regulations for Sunscreens

New Regulations for Sunscreens

The now familiar SPF numbers tell how much protection you will receive against sunburns from UVB rays. U.S. consumers will soon know just how much protection each sunscreen product will provide from cancer causing UVA rays. [...]

Child Proofing Homes

Child Proofing Homes

Injuries are one of the leading causes of hospitalization in children under five – which is why you’ll want to child proof your home now. Once your baby becomes mobile, child proofing your home is vital. [...]

Drug Poisonings in Children is on the Rise

Drug Poisonings in Children is on the Rise

Studies reveal that there are over a half of a million childhood pharmaceutical poisonings in North America each year, despite the years of improved child-proofed packaging. According to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the [...]

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