Latest Child safety Stories

- Record number of 2010 Deaths Demands Expanded Efforts - "Near Misses" Show Widespread Problem BOCA RATON, Fla., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Safe Kids USA, its Florida partners, and the General Motors Foundation, will unveil the elements to their 2011 national education and awareness campaign today to help reduce the number of child vehicular deaths caused by heat stroke. Sadly, two child vehicular deaths have already occurred this year from parents accidently leaving their...

COLUMBUS, Ind., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG), Inc., a division of Dorel Industries (TSX: DII.B, DII.A), and the nation's largest car seat manufacturer, today opened a free, permanent car seat inspection station at the Dorel Technical Center for Child Safety at its corporate headquarters in Columbus, Indiana. The launch of the "Safety Starts Here" campaign will be followed by a series of car seat checks across the country beginning later this spring. As part of...

Study shows sharp reduction in child injuries in homes equipped with child safety devices. Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) April 25, 2011 In the wake of a new study that shows a clear link between babyproofing one's home and a reduction in injuries to children, the International Association for Child Safety is reminding parents that a professional babyproofer can help them choose and install the appropriate products. The study by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center looked...

Children's Actions Result in Escape From 83 Percent of Attempted Abductions Actor Tim Kang From CBS "The Mentalist" Urges Parents to Take 25 Minutes to Talk to Children About Safety ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This May, thousands of communities across the country will hold events as a part of the fifth annual Take 25 national child safety campaign. The effort was created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to encourage...

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COLUMBUS, Ind. and FOXBORO, Mass., March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dorel Juvenile Group USA (DJG), a division of Dorel Industries (TSX: DII.B, DII.A), and the nation's largest juvenile products manufacturer, announced today it supports the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation for children to ride rear facing in vehicles until age two or until they reach the maximum height and weight limits allowed by their car seat. As the world's largest manufacturer of children's car seats, DJG...

ORLANDO, Fla., March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Alert Network (GAN) announced that its hands-free mobile application providing hyper-local traffic and weather alerts is now available to consumers nationwide. Global Alert Network provides free and automatic, hands-free audio alerts and information updates to a user's mobile phone. The application, which is currently available on Android and BlackBerry devices, initiates automatically and plays the alert without the need for the...

HealthyChildren.org, the official American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Web site for parents, offers registered users a chance to win a free car seat courtesy of Safety 1st in the Safe Ride Sweeps. Registered users many enter once a day beginning March 21 through March 31, 2011. Five winners will be selected daily. Winners will be notified in April 2011 and may choose an infant, convertible, or booster seat as their prize. Elk Grove Village, IL (PRWEB) March 21, 2011...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Britax Child Safety, Inc., among the world's largest manufacturers of car seats, today supported the American Academy of Pediatrics updated guidelines for children riding in car seats. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/britax-endorses-aap-call-for-kids-to-remain-rear-facing-in-car-seats-until-age-two-118398519.html "We endorse today's American Academy of...

Pediatricians said on Monday that kids should sit in rear-facing car seats as long as they fit, or until the age of two. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also recommended that after that, children should ride in booster seats up to age eight or if they are still too small to fit correctly in seat belts. "The best possible thing you can do is keep your child rear-facing as long as possible," said Dr. Benjamin Hoffman of the American Academy of Pediatrics, which issued the...