home safety

Cats

Purr-fect tips for keeping kitty happy

Aside from serving as excellent fodder for hilarious clips on YouTube, cats are wonderful pets. As long as they have opportunities...

Dogs

The best dogs for women who live alone

If you live alone, safety ranks pretty high on your list of priorities. From a home burglary to becoming a victim yourself, it’s...

Home Safety

Home security on a budget

If you’ve always wanted your own home security system, but weren’t willing to drop the monthly cash on a service, wait no more! You...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Natural disasters: How to prepare yourself

Hindsight is 20/20, but if we didn't learn anything from natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy, they'd be that much more...

Baby & Toddler

Safe exploring: Tips for your new crawler

Once baby starts crawling, it's full speed ahead so take precautions to rid your home of safety hazards.

Home Safety

Summertime fire safety tips

Fire safety may not be at the forefront of your mind as you’re grilling burgers or shopping for fireworks this summer. Sure, you may...

Home Safety

Safety first: The safe home guide

Many accidents and injuries that happen at home are preventable. Safety tips remind us of home hazards to correct!

Home Safety

What to do if your oven catches fire

If you’ve ever tried to roast a duck or cook something with a lot of grease in your oven, then you may have experienced a flame-up....

Mom & Dad

4 Reasons you should use video surveillance at home

You protect your house from intruders when you're away, but did you know you can use the same technology to keep your kids safe when...

Home Safety

Be prepared for an earthquake

Earthquakes don't just occur in California! Nobody on the East Coast anticipated the recent earthquake and fortunately, damage was...

Mom & Dad

How to help your family feel safe after a break in

After a home break in, the feelings of violation and fear can be overwhelming. So, how do you make your family feel safe in your own...

Home Safety

Celebrate National Night Out

This year's National Night Out is scheduled for August 2, when neighbors come together to talk about how to make their neighborhood...

Home Safety

6 Baby-proofing tips for your kitchen

The kitchen is a central part of your home -- where meals are prepared and often shared. But it can also be a very dangerous place...

Home Safety

How and why to replace an electrical outlet

Electrical outlets in walls and floors can be shock and electrical fire hazards. Where does the danger come from? Find out here --...

Organizing & Cleaning

5 Must-have high-tech home gadgets

Admit it: You've long dreamed of the day when robots assist in your day-to-day chores and you run home appliances remotely from the...

Home Safety

Home safety tips for the holiday season

Great food, drinks and hanging mistletoe are key elements of entertaining -- indulgence allowed -- but safety is too often...

Holiday and seasonal decor

Top holiday gifts for home

Whether you’re buying for the home decorating maven, home gadget lover or home cleaning queen, the following holiday home gifts will...

Home Safety

Pottery Barn recalls lamp due to electrical shock risk

The Pottery Barn is recalling three lamp models for an electrical shock risk. Find out more about the recall and if you own one of...

Technology

Social media safety tips when traveling

You arrive at your hotel room and throw open the curtains. There it is, the most fantastic view on the planet. This is far too...

Home Improvement

10 Safety tips for amateur DIY home projects

Home improvement accidents send hundreds of thousands of people in the US to the ER each year. And, as more and more people are...

Home Safety

Preparing a family disaster plan

From flooding to earthquakes, hurricanes to wild fires and tornadoes – natural disasters are a fact of life in many parts of the...