The risk of a child being hit by a car is roughly four times higher on Halloween than any other night of the year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And that’s a big risk when you consider an estimated 40 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 could hit the [...]
A growing number of young children are being treated in America’s hospitals and emergency rooms for being accidentally poisoned with medication, according to a new study.
The rise in exposure to prescription products has been so striking that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established the PROTECT Initiative, intended to prevent unintended medication overdoses [...]
The danger of drowning for young children is a real one, all year long, inside and outside of the home.
Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death among children ages 1 to 4. And while much attention is paid to water safety during the warm months, parents and caregivers need to know that drowning risks [...]
It can be heart-wrenching for a parent to see their children have pain from a medical procedure and not be able to stop the pain.
According to the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, parents can do several things to help a child with pain from a procedure:
Stay with your child during the pain. This is [...]
