emergency

Mom & Dad

Preparing your family for an emergency (seriously)

Most mothers feel a strong need to protect their families but one woman has turned that desire into a full-on crusade to help moms...

Community & Human Services

Your emergency supply kit

Are you prepared to cope with an emergency until help arrives? Your family will cope best by preparing for disaster before it...

Mom & Dad

Be ready to evacuate your family quickly

A hurricane is coming. It shifted course overnight and the flooding is expected to be bad. You need to get yourself and your family...

Mom & Dad

Emotional fallout: The crisis after the crisis

The emergency is over. The crisis done. So why are you so on edge? Why does a siren make you flinch? Why does your daughter hide...

Monday Mom Challenge

Monday Mom challenge: Be prepared for an emergency

Planning for the unthinkable is kind of…unthinkable. How can you plan for the total unknown? If an emergency happened, would you...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Be prepared for emergencies this year

If you watch or read the news, doom and gloom abound. It's easy to let fear or helplessness set it. Rather than feel like you have...

Children's Health

10 Essentials for a first aid kit

We’re not proud to admit that we don’t exactly live our lives by the Boy Scout code of ethics at all times here at SheKnows. (Have...

Technology

Firefighters let Tennessee man's home burn for not paying $75 fee

Gene Cranick's family home was destroyed when firefighters refused to put out a blaze because he hadn't paid a $75 fire fee. Should...

Parenting Advice & Columns

In case of emergency

Several weeks ago, a tornado warning was issued for my county. A funnel cloud had been spotted and the suspect cell was heading...

Home Safety

What to do when an earthquake hits

The word earthquake makes most people think of the west coast and California in particular; however, according to the Insurance...