Unintentional injury is the number 1 killer of children aged 14 and younger, with 4 year olds at greatest risk. The good news is that reducing your baby’s risk doesn’t have to be difficult. By …

Sports are a great way for children to stay fit, have fun and, in some sports, learn to be a team player. Yet thousands of children are injured yearly in accidents that could have been …

Perhaps the most frightening experience a parent can have is to be at home or shopping and find his child has disappeared from sight. Usually, in a matter of minutes, the child is found.
However, approximately …

Keeping a baby safe takes more than just common sense. The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommend that parents and caregivers take the following precautions at home:
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Every day, 12 Americans aged 19 and under are killed by a gun and many more are wounded. For every unintentional gun death, there are at least five non-fatal injuries.
Recent statistics show that having a …

Each year over 1,400 children are killed and another 170,000 are injured in motor vehicle crashes in the United States. Most states mandate that children from birth to at least 4 years old sit in …

Many common household items such as medicines, cleaners, vitamins, iron supplements, and plants are poisonous. Each year, thousands of children under age 5 are poisoned in their homes when such items are not stored out-of-sight …