A good fit is easier than ever to find when shopping for a booster seat, new ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show.
A record 31 seats have been designated Best Bets, meaning they correctly position a vehicle safety belt on a typical 4 to 8 year-old in almost any car, minivan, or SUV. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
With record high temperatures nationwide and reports of 21 hyperthermia-related child deaths already this summer, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is stepping up its efforts to prevent these needless deaths.
Children left alone in vehicles during hot weather are at risk of a serious injury or death from hyperthermia. According to NHTSA research, hyperthermia is [...]
A new generation of safer cribs is now for sale in retail stores across the country, thanks to new crib safety standards approved by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The new mandatory crib standards, approved unanimously on Dec. 15, 2010, are the most stringent crib safety standards in the world. As of June 28, 2011, [...]
A new study reveals that young children experience high levels of pain in their wrists and fingers following long term use of gaming devices and mobile phones, indicating that excessive gaming may negatively impact joint health.
The study, involving 257 students, highlights that a higher degree of pain was experienced with the use of gaming devices [...]
A study by the Food and Drug Administration of infant-feeding practices found 9 percent of infants were given dietary botanical supplements and teas in their first year of life.
The most common reason mothers fed supplements and teas to their infants were to help with fussiness, digestion, colic and relaxation.
Although these parents fed their infants the [...]
Some parents may have enough difficulty getting their toddlers strapped into their car seats, but that may be just half the battle.
A new, small study of parents in Colorado reveals another potential roadblock to child passenger safety: youngsters unbuckling themselves while the vehicle is moving.
Such incidents are alarming as restraining children inappropriately in a vehicle [...]
A new study reviewing more than 50,000 narcotic-containing precriptions for children found that about 4 percent of them received an overdose amount.
Of more concern was the finding that the youngest children had the greatest chance of receiving an overdose, according to lead researcher Dr. William T. Basco Jr., associate professor and director of the Division [...]
