Summer Safety Tips for Children

Summer is here. Be sure to guard against these summer issues.

Sunburn
Bites From Mosquitoes and Ticks
Bee Stings
Heat Illness
Burns From Fireworks and Grills
Foodborne Illness
Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac
Poisoning in Children

By Michelle Meadows
When it comes to summer, Olivia Kane, 36, mostly remembers the happy times: eating crabs on the beach, chasing flickering fireflies at night, and [...]

Voluntary Recall of Certain OTC Infants’ and Children’s Products

McNeil Consumer Healthcare

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 30, 2010 – Fort Washington, PA. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is voluntarily recalling all lots that have not yet expired of certain over-the-counter (OTC) Children’s and Infants’ liquid products manufactured in the United States and [...]

Children’s Oral Health

Tooth decay (dental caries) affects children in the United States more than any other chronic infectious disease. Untreated tooth decay causes pain and infections that may lead to problems; such as eating, speaking, playing, and learning.
The good news is that tooth decay and other oral diseases that can affect children are [...]

Teaching Kids to Read From the Back of a Burro

From the CNN Heroes Series
Magdalena, Colombia (CNN) –
To the unaccustomed eye, a man toting 120 books while riding a stubborn donkey would seem nothing short of a circus spectacle. But for hundreds of children in the rural villages of Colombia, Luis Soriano is far from a clown. He is a man with a mission to [...]

For Your Child’s Health

Now, for the first time, a new study outlines three household routines that can reduce the risk of obesity in kids.

The Haiti Tragedy: Talking To Your Kids

Given the imagery and reports that children may see and hear, it is important to be able to know how to explain that they are seeing and hearing.
This article was recently published on the Forbes.com website by Joan Indiana Rigdon.
Photo Credit: JONATHAN TORGOVNIK/REPORTAGE FOR CNNHaiti is horrifying for any parent, for any person. I can’t [...]

Are You A Healthy Role Model For Your Child?

By setting good examples early and establishing habits of healthful eating and physical fitness, parents can give children the gift of health to carry them through adulthood.
With more than 108 million adults, or 61 percent of the adult U.S. population, either obese or overweight, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it’s [...]

Family Reading Partnership

The Family Reading Partnership is a non-profit community organization that promotes early literacy. We are a broad-based, locally grown coalition of individuals, businesses, schools, libraries and other organizations. We have joined forces to “create a culture of literacy” by promoting family reading practices throughout our community.
We know that literacy — the ability to read, write [...]

’tis the Season No One Likes

Now that we are in “flu season” mode, both with the H1N1 flu and the regular seasonal flu, it is a good time to review the Creative Years illness and medicine policy.
Creative Years requires that all children who have a fever, diarrhea, vomiting, severe cough or any combination of the symptoms just listed remain home [...]

Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu Liquicaps Recall

Vicks Dayquil Cold & Flu Liquicaps Recalled by Procter & Gamble Due To Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of [...]

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