Keeping Families Safe from Fires in the Home
Posted by admin in Child Safety on March 19, 2011
Just because spring is around the corner doesn’t mean we don’t have to beconcerned about house fires. Last weekend after a long winter we turned our clocks forward an hour and welcomed Daylight SavingsTime. This is also a great time of year to test and change the batteriesin our homes’ smoke alarms! Do you have a smoke alarm on every level ofyour home, including the attic and basement?&...
Beware of Quake/Tsunami Charity Scams
Posted by admin in Health and Safety on March 13, 2011
After a major disaster like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, millions ofpeople go online to find out how they can help. But, sadly, scam artists alsogo online to try to take advantage of the tragedy to divert much neededcontributions into their own coffers.Read the rest of this entry »...
Pediatric Poisonings!
Posted by admin in Child Safety on March 10, 2011
According to a recent article entitled “Pediatric Poisonings inChildren Younger than Five Years Responded to by Paramedics”, publishedin The Journal of EmergencyMedicine (January 5, 2011), children one year ofage and younger experience the greatest incidence of unintentionalpoisonings. Medications are listed as the primary cause for theunintentional poisonings; and the thesis is that many other unintentio...
Shoot an Internet Safety Video & Win $10,000
Posted by admin in Health and Safety on March 6, 2011
Are you an aspiring filmmaker? If so, grab your cell phone, digital cameraor any other device that shoots video and see if you can win 10 grand bycreating a video about being an good online citizen, using a cell mobile wiselyor maintaining your online privacy.Read the rest of this entry »...
The King’s Speech and Me. After 6 Years of Speech Therapy, It’s My Turn to Thank the Academy
Posted by admin in Health and Safety on March 2, 2011
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Using ScreenRetriever to monitor your kid’s PC
Posted by admin in Health and Safety on March 1, 2011
ScreenRetriever is a software program that enables parents to monitoreverything their child does on a Windows PC. You install the software on yourchild’s machine and your own and you can monitor everything the kid does inreal time. Or you can record snapshots of what appears on the child’sscreen.Read the rest of this entry »...
PhthalatesWhat Are They and Why Should We Reduce Our Exposure to Them?
Posted by admin in Child Safety on February 28, 2011
Recently, Environmental Health News published the results of a study onphthalates with some eye-opening news, especially for pregnant women, which mayhave a bearing on the development of babies in the womb. (The actual study waspublished in the scientific journal, Toxicological Sciences.) Read the rest of this entry »...
Why Google Stopped Collecting Last 4-Digits of Kids’ Social Security Numbers
Posted by admin in Health and Safety on February 27, 2011
As Huffington Post blogger Bob Bowdon reportedon Monday, Google was asking parents to providethe last four digits of their children’s social security number on the entryform for its annual “Doodle-4-Google” contest. The form also called for thechild’s full name, date and place of birth and grade level. Bowdon commentedthat “children’s social security numbers shouldn’t be required for an artcontes...