November Cooking Safety

November Cooking Safety

Winter holidays are quickly approaching! Many families celebrate by spending hours in the kitchen preparing meals. However, the kitchen can be a dangerous place for children, with hot ovens, boiling soups, and sharp knives. A few simple prevention tips can go a long...
Safety tips for kids walking to school

Safety tips for kids walking to school

Walking to school can have multiple benefits for you and your kids such as spending time outdoors and starting the day with physical activity. However, with drivers distracted by texting, tweeting and phone calls, the danger of walking to school has increased over the...
School Bus Safety

School Bus Safety

School buses are made to deliver children safely to school. But even still, during the back-to-school season the Children’s Health℠ Emergency Department sees an increase in trauma-related pedestrian, bicycle and even school bus injuries, many of which are...
Is Your Teen Crossing the Street Safely?

Is Your Teen Crossing the Street Safely?

Driving, dating, too much screen time: these are common talking points in households with older children and teenagers. But pedestrian safety? Isn’t that something everyone learned in kindergarten? The belief that some safety skills are mastered in elementary school...