Are you using your child's safety seat properly? Take this quiz to find out, the answers might surprise you. Scroll down for results. 1. What percentage of children who ride in a car seat are in one that's used incorrectly or the wrong type? A. 45% B. 5% C. 5% D. 85% 2. The safest place for your child while riding in the car is: A....

Aside from the first year of life, the first year of driving is the most dangerous year in a young person's life. Teen driver car crashes are the leading cause of permanent injury and death in teens and the first year of driving is the most dangerous. Do you know how to protect your teen? Why are young drivers at greater risk? Whenever we get...

There is a new form of bullying hitting the streets and no surprise, the new culprits are the mobile phone and the internet. Unlike in my day when you could walk away from the bully, see their face and turn the other cheek, these new bullies are anonymous and operate 24/7, making it impossible for your young people to walk away as you could in...

With drownings being the fourth leading cause of death of children under five years of age in the US, and the leading cause of death in some states such as California, Florida and Arizona, enough can not be said or read on this subject. Those statistics coming from the US Product Safety Commission leads us to believe that with all we read on swimming...

Whether you're sending it with your kids or relying on what they will receive at school, lunch is an important meal. It provides the energy for your child to continue learning through the afternoon, so what your kids eat (or, for those who are heading back to campus themselves, what YOU eat) should be nutritious, tasty, portable and FUN! Here...

The painful screams of a child can bring any picnic or barbecue to a screeching halt. More than 11,400 children under the age 14 are injured every year from burns and fires says Ron Bistolfo, Director of Education at the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter in San Francisco, California. Barbecues can be an overlooked burn threat to our children...

As a parent, it's your job to ensure your children learn safe Internet habits. One day your child may surf the internet and find web pages designed specifically for kids and teens. The following day he or she may find web sites designed by pornographers, or criminals. The problem with the Internet is that anyone in the world can publish almost...