Child Safety

The Governor of New York has given his approval to a plan that seeks to reduce instances of distracted driving among teenagers in the state.  The plan, which hails from Esurance, would see a device called DriveSafe being handed out at no cost to those persons who use the company for their insurance needs.  By… read more

Utensils designed to be used by children are being recalled by the Seattle, Washington-based Edoche because of the possible injury threat the items could pose.  The recall pertains to around 1,100 sets of Cubetensils cutlery sold across the country and online between May of 2012 and last month.  The items’ handles, which will be of… read more

Parents who are celebrating Christmas with young children in the home have to make sure that the holiday festivities don’t create choking threats for those kids.  This can be difficult, especially for those new parents who up until now haven’t had to think much about those parts of the season that could pose a risk… read more

This past Monday, parents in the vicinity of El Centro, California were able to benefit from a car seat safety check put on by the local Kiwanis Club and the California Highway Patrol.  A Senator who was on hand for the event noted that, with a fatality taking place in traffic every three hours or… read more

A new report takes a look at some of the dangers that parents should strive to protect children from during the winter.  If you have kids or are even inviting guests with kids into your home, then recognizing and putting into action these precautions can serve to help you get through the winter without facing… read more

A couple weeks ago, the United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund came out with the latest edition of their annual report that looks at the state of toy safety throughout the country.  For the past 28 years, the Trouble in Toyland report has been issued to help officials come up with ways to… read more

A series of slides sold only at Toys R us have been recalled by the Hamburg, New York-based Solowave Design Corporation because of a possible laceration hazard posed.  The recall pertains to 10,800 tube slides under the Solowave Tornado brand sold in the United States and 9,900 of the same sold in Canada.  These slides… read more

New research has come out that highlights the common deficiencies present in the way parents are buckling their children into car seats.  These shortcomings are unfortunate, as all it takes is one seemingly minor slip-up to undermine the viability of the seat in its entirety. The research was conducted by the Wayne State University Transportation… read more

Car seats get a lot of media attention, but there’s another type of child safety seat that parents have to be aware of for safety purposes:  the high chair. Between 2003 and 2010, research estimates that an average of 9,400 kids younger than three have had to receive emergency treatment on an annual basis due… read more

Girls BCG Hooded Windsuits in various sizes are being recalled by the Katy, Texas-based Academy Sports + Outdoors because of a potential strangulation risk posed to the children wearing the products.  These clothing items have drawstrings, which brings the windsuits out of compliance with regulations established in 2011 to protect kids from entanglement risks associated… read more

This Christmas, many parents who go toy shopping for their kids will concern themselves with avoiding those threats that are readily apparent:  choking hazards from small parts, batteries that could prove harmful if swallowed, etc.  But there’s one fairly serious hazard that shouldn’t go overlooked, and that’s the risk posed to eyesight by certain items…. read more

With cold descending upon much of the country, this is an important time to take a look at one of those things that many parents do wrong when strapping their children into a car seat:  keeping the straps looser than they should be.  You obviously want to bundle your child up as warm as possible… read more