Items Tagged with 'Child safety'

Here’s a scary statistic: In 2021, a poisoning exposure was reported to a poison control center every 15 seconds. That’s nearly 2.1 million calls, the National Capital Poison Center says. Of those, 41% involved children younger than 6.

New Age Industries Furniture has issued a safety recall of its furniture tip-over restraint kits, which are intended to prevent injuries.

The number of electric scooter-related injuries has jumped nationwide over a recent five-year period, according to the results of a recent study.

Young baseball players may be especially vulnerable to elbow pain and injuries, results of a recent study suggest.

Are you a parent planning to ask your own parents to help with child care? Much has changed since today’s grandparents raised their own kids, so clear communication is key.

Plan on spending time during the holidays visiting family or friends who own pets? If so – and you’ll have kids with you – it’s a good time to share some pet safety tips with your little ones.

Parents should talk with a health care professional before giving melatonin supplements to kids and teens, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine cautions.

Lots of kids love being lifted into the air or sleeping in bunk beds – but it’s important to be careful around ceiling fans, researchers are cautioning.

Aiming to reach teens and young adults about safe use of consumer products, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is trying something new: a music album.

Few things get kids more excited than Halloween, and what’s not to love? Between the costumes and the candy, Halloween is a time for fun. But both kids and parents need to keep safety in mind.