Each year thousands of American families pack up the car to go on roadtrips, but many do not consider this dangerous fact: unsecured objects in your car can become projectiles in a crash. George Clark of Wisconsin should know. He and some fellow dads were coming home from Boy Scout Leader training when another car pulled right into their…
Under certain circumstances, a common household product can combust — or catch fire — without any outside flame or spark. That product is linseed oil, which so many people use to stain their wood furniture or their fence or deck this time of year. It’s a natural product extracted from flaxseed. Liquid linseed oil in…
In the United States and Canada, nearly 500,000 children are reported missing each year.* The statistics can be alarming, but you can give your child an extra measure of security. Request a No Cost Child Safe Kit today and record your child’s vital statistics and urgent medical information in one convenient, safe place. If your child…
Video shows shocking moment unattended baby almost drowns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n78zyyokEDM
by Melanie at Parenting.com ISTOCKPHOTO With temperatures climbing into the 80s, my kids and I spent our weekend trying to keep cool. Ice cream? Check. Sprinkler? Check. Inflatable wading pool? Check. And while I would never leave the kids alone in the pool, a new study will have me paying even closer attention when…
Once upon a time, someone sat down to figure out how they could combine the clumsy awkwardness of childhood with the improved control one gets while stumbling around on roller skates, in order to bring the two together into a total package intended to grace a child’s feet as they go throughout their daily lives….