Safety Issues
Why You Need a Family Emergency Plan
You may wonder why family disaster preparedness is important, especially if you don’t live in a hurricane- or tornado-prone area. While there are many reasons, ...
How to Spot Injuries in Young Kids
Young children often cannot communicate when they have been hurt, but there are physical cues parents can look for in their children. Here are some ...
4 Reasons to Keep Your Daughter Out of Child’s Beauty Pageants
If you’ve ever watched Toddlers & Tiaras on The Learning Channel, you’ve probably seen some the horrendous behavior displayed by parents and children in the ...
Football Brain Damage: Should Parents Worry?
With stories in the news about ex-football players succumbing to dementia and suicide, brain damage from playing football over a period of years has come ...
6 Reasons to Take the Car Keys Away from Your Teen
When teens begin to drive, the event signals another step toward independence. It can also be a time of high stress for parents. The common ...
Discussing Sex with Your Teenage Son
Though talking about sex with your children can be awkward, don’t avoid it. Even if your teenager already knows about sex, you still need to ...
The Danger Window Blinds Pose to Toddlers
Parenting can sometimes seem like a constant series of emergencies, with threats to your child’s health around every corner. From the sodas that children drink ...
How to Enforce Driving Rules for Your Teen
One of the scariest days for any parent is the day their teenager, having passed their driver’s exam, takes the keys and backs out of ...
4 Ways to Keep Your Child Safe on the Internet
When your child was younger, you taught him or her how to look both ways before crossing the street, to avoid talking to strangers, and ...
4 Warning Signs Your Child May Be Using Inhalant Drugs
Inhalant drugs are dangerous chemicals you cannot see. They are harmful vapors emitted from products such as glue, paint, gasoline, polish for shoes, and fluid ...
7 Questions to Ask to Keep Your Teen Safe at Parties
When it comes to raising teenagers, parents spend a lot of time worrying about where their teens are and what they are doing. The majority ...
Why It’s Good to Teach Your Child to Ride a Bike
Most kids want to learn to ride a bike, and it’s an easy way to get them into the fresh air and exercising, but ...
When to Leave Your Teen Alone
Raising teenagers can be a terrifying experience. Often there are no easy answers, and every parent has a different struggle with their teen. However, every ...
Have You Had ‘The Talk’ with Your Teen: Security in a Digital Age
Parents, it’s time to have “the talk” with your teen. No, not the conversation about the birds and the bees, the social media talk. The ...
Keeping Your Teen Safe: Parties
When it comes to raising teenagers, parents can go through a difficult time in worrying about where they are and what they are doing. The ...
The Pros and Cons of Giving a Mobile Phone to a Teenager
Most teenagers own a mobile phone. Some are able to buy their own phone from the money they earn from working part-time, but the more ...
