Everyone knows watching TV is bad for you. It has been associated with poor health and mental activity. What is news is that for every hour your child watches TV at age 2, they become more and more likely to have a higher body mass index and perform poorly in school.
The University of Michigan study [...]
All you have to do is ensure your child wears a helmet while riding a bicycle. With school letting out for the summer, kids have more time to get outside on bicycles. However, an otherwise healthy activity can turn dangerous all too quickly.
Staying off busy roads is not enough. More than half the 135 children [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash tested many of the most popular child booster seats on the market today and found that some actually increase the risk of certain injuries. Many of the offending seats were of the convertible kind – the 3-in-1 or All-in-One models.
It is difficult to do everything well, and this [...]
Here’s a question I heard recently: my 6-year-old daughter got injured pretty badly at gymnastics practice by another girl on her team. My daughter says she told the other girl that the stretch they were doing hurt and that the other girl should stop pushing. My daughter broke her pubic bone and tore some muscles, [...]
On Tuesday outside Orlando on Florida’s Turnpike, a 9-month-old baby boy suffered serious injuries and his mother was killed when the van they were passengers in blew a tire and rolled over. The mother was not wearing her seat belt and the boy was sitting unharnessed in his child safety seat which was not secured [...]
It’s common to hear people saying that television is bad for you, but a new study reveals that TVs are the most dangerous piece of furniture in your home in terms of child injuries.
The study coincides sadly with the child death of a Jacksonville, Florida 4-year-old who was killed yesterday when a television fell on [...]
It’s National Safe Kids week all week and The Florida Child Injury Lawyer wants to recognize this week with even more tips on keeping your child safe.
Childproofing your home is one of the most important aspects of ensuring child safety because parents and children naturally spend quite a bit of time at home.
The trick to [...]
This week is National Safe Kids Week and in recognition of that, The Child Injury Lawyer will provide some safety tips developed by Safe Kids USA after conducting a study of accidental child injuries.
Not surprisingly, the injury risks children are exposed to change as the grow up, but this study is the first to analyze [...]
