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Important Information for Parents About Children and Smoking!
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - January 17, 2014 Contact: HHS Press Office 202-205-0143 Surgeon General report says 5.6 million U.S. children will die prematurely unless current smoking rates drop Report also finds cigarette smoking causes diabetes and colorectal cancer Approximately 5.6 million American children alive today – or one out of every…
Categories: Safety At Home
Child Survival in 2013
According to the United States Fund for UNICEF President and CEO Caryl M. Stern’s latest letter, “Every day, 18,000 children under five die of things we can prevent.” That’s a startling figure! And although the under-five child mortality rate in the world has been practically cut in half in the past few years, there are…
Categories: Safety At Home
How to Choose a Safe Bicycle for Your Child
Annually in the United States, approximately 300,000 children are injured in bicycle accidents and require emergency room visits to a hospital, and another 10,000 children must remain in the hospital due to injuries suffered in bike accidents.1 BeSafeChild wants parents, family members and caregivers to know that bicycle safety is very important for young children…
Categories: Safety At Home
All-Terrain Vehicles, Alcohol and Families with Children Don’t Mix!
Requiem for Jaylen and Neaveah-- August 12, 2013--In Center Point, Indiana, the evening of August 5, one-year old Jaylen, was riding with his two-year old brother Xavier in an ATV being driven by their 22-year old mother. Suddenly the ATV they were riding in, crashed into a cement wall. Someone had reported an ATV in…
Categories: Safe Traveling