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Right now, they’re giving away free car seat IDs. Now is your chance to be better safe than sorry. Car seat ID tags may [...]
Solid scientific evidence suggests that we may be doing our children more harm than good by raising them in hyper-clean environments. Researchers now suggest that it is better for our children’s health to let them play in the dirt and not wash their hands before they eat all the time. These scientists are not espousing [...]
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 [...]
Stocking hangers have become quite popular the last couple years, but can pose a real danger to young children. Parents may be better off foregoing stockings altogether until their children are old enough to appreciate that danger.
Stocking hangers have become popular as a way to hang those well-loved holiday stockings without drilling holes or using [...]
A new book is out about the dangerous environment in which today’s girls grow up. When girls as young as 12 are dieting and asking for plastic surgery, you know our culture has failed them.
At least 25 percent of teenage girls are in immediate danger from self-mutilation, eating disorders, violence, depression or suicide. From 15 [...]
There’s a new book out that discusses an interesting approach to dealing with toddler behavior. Since children’s left brains don’t grow to anything resembling maturity until as late as age 5, they are incapable of the rationale thought process that the left brain allows. However, their right brains, which are responsible for emotion, creativity and [...]
It’s that time of year again when our kids go back to school. That means traveling to and from school – safely. Florida’s roadways are some of the most dangerous in the nation, but they don’t have to be.
When using and sharing our roadways, whether it be by school bus, car, bicycle, foot, or whether [...]
Summer is here and boy has it been hot recently. School’s out for the summer and that means your children are taking advantage of their time off. For a significant number of kids, that means summer camp.
Some of you parents no doubt send your children to the same summer camp you attended as a youngster. [...]
The Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog just ran across a fascinating blog post about delaying umbilical cord cutting after birth.
Many people who write about birthing techniques, birth injuries or anything related with childbirth are very opinionated and biased. However, this blog author takes a very even handed approach and evaluates both sides of the argument.
Please [...]
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 [...]
