safety

  1. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Parenting Guru: How to prevent sports injuries

    By Julie Weingarden Dubin on Apr 24, 2012
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    If you're thinking your children practice sports with a different intensity than you ever did as a kid, you're not alone. Young...
  2. Exercise & Fitness

    Smart summer hiking tips

    By Vicki Clinebell on Apr 1, 2012
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    It's almost summer hiking season! Start prepping now so you can enjoy the great outdoors safely.
  3. Tweens, Teens & College

    Should you let your teens cross the border for Spring Break?

    By Molly Cerreta Smith on Mar 13, 2012
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    Spring Break is a chance for teens to let loose. But with all the dangers in international locales, is it really safe to let our...
  4. Child Development & Health

    Keep your family healthy during the holidays

    By Michelle Maffei on Dec 16, 2011
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    The holidays are a time to celebrate, but all the hoopla can play havoc on your family's health. Instead of keeping your brood home...
  5. Parenting Tips & Advice

    Windows present a serious danger to children

    By Laura Willard on Aug 24, 2011
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    Every year, thousands of children are injured from falling out of windows. Don't overlook this obvious and very real danger to your...
  6. Family Activities

    Adventure outings with the family

    By Jen Klein on Jul 25, 2011
    You’ve done the bike rides and hikes and had a great time. But your kids are getting older and they are ready for more. You’re...
  7. Family Activities

    Keep your kids safe around fireworks, sparklers and fires

    By Sarah W. Caron on Jul 1, 2011
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    With July 4th coming, safety should be a top consideration for parents everywhere. Fireworks, sparklers and barbecues can pose big...
  8. Child Development & Health

    Daredevil kid? How to keep your adrenaline-seeking child safe

    By Jen Klein on Jun 23, 2011
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    You’ve got one of those kids who just loves adrenaline and to push his or herself beyond the comfort zone. Most of the time...
  9. Home Safety

    Swimming pool safety tips for summer fun

    By Jessica Teal Jones on Jun 11, 2011
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    If you have a pool in the backyard and little ones in the house, you may find yourself worried about opening the pool each summer....
  10. Monday Mom Challenge

    Monday Mom challenge: Take a risk

    By Jen Klein on May 23, 2011
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    Were you, in your youth, a risk-taker? Before you became a mom, did steep hills on your mountain bike not faze you in the least? Did...
  11. Child Development & Health

    Why is one child a risk taker and the other a couch potato?

    By Jen Klein on May 17, 2011
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    Every day mothers across the country and across the world marvel: How can two children from the same home be so different?! Same...
  12. Toys & Play

    Your baby's first outdoor experiences

    By Monica Beyer on Apr 7, 2011
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    Spring is here, summer will follow soon enough and you're eager to burst the bonds of winter and explore nature with your new baby....
  13. Toys and Play

    How to keep your kids safe on the playground

    By Michelle Maffei on Mar 29, 2011
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    The weather outside is begging for kids to head to the playground, but is it safe? Luckily, covering them in bubble wrap isn't your...
  14. Wellness

    Protect yourself: 10 Tips to avoid dating abuse

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Feb 14, 2011
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    Did you know that 30 percent of women murdered in the US are killed by their boyfriends, husbands, or exes? Or that 20 to 25 percent...
  15. Baby & Toddler

    SIDS deaths peak on New Year’s Day

    By Kim Grundy on Dec 28, 2010
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    Researchers have discovered that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) deaths increase 33% on New Year’s Day. Find out the cause of...
  16. Home Safety

    Home safety tips for the holiday season

    By Karen Hawthorne on Dec 22, 2010
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    Great food, drinks and hanging mistletoe are key elements of entertaining -- indulgence allowed -- but safety is too often...
  17. Wellness

    Cyber-stalking: Self-defense tips to avoid cyber-bullying by your ex

    By Lisa Gaché on Dec 9, 2010
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    Break-ups are hard enough to handle, but add the technology component, and that gives a jilted ex just the tools he needs to take...
  18. Children's Health

    Sledding is a hazardous sport for kids

    By Karen Hawthorne on Dec 6, 2010
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    Sledding is a popular winter pastime, but it leads to a trip to the emergency room for more than 20,000 kids each year, according to...
  19. Parenting

    The First Years American Red Cross Cabinet Swing Locks recalled

    By Laura Willard on Dec 3, 2010
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    Learning Curve Brands has issued a voluntary recall of 41,300 units of The First Years American Red Cross Cabinet Swing Locks. Keep...
  20. Child Development & Health

    The problem with helicopter parenting

    By Naomi de la Torre on Nov 24, 2010
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    Helicopter parenting is quite common in our society these days. It goes by many names -- overparenting, death grip parenting,...
  21. Child Development & Health

    Quiz: Are You a Helicopter Parent?

    By Naomi de la Torre on Nov 3, 2010
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    Do you hover over your children like a Boeing CH-47? Do you finish their puzzles and do their homework? Do you bubble wrap your...