Tag: safety
Ways to Prevent Choking: What Parents Need to Know
As much as I despise driving home from work in the dark, the Plaza lights are a welcome consolation. Visiting the Plaza and enjoying...
How I Prepared My Young Children to Stay Home Alone
This past summer, I faced a tough situation I wasn't prepared for - leaving my three children home alone.
Due to the lack of affordability...
Keep Poison Out of Halloween Fun
Halloween is a time for fun. Many things are meant to be scary, but don’t let poison be one of them!
Each year, poison centers manage...
Be Smart About Gun Safety
Moms, it’s time to have a serious conversation about kids, guns, and safety. Far too often there is another story in the news about...
Fun with Physics: What to Know About the Newest Car Seat...
When we take home our babes from the hospital, we ride in the back seat. We triple check the straps. We cringe at every...
Water Is Year-Round. Swim Lessons Should Be, Too.
When the Autumn temperatures drop, the leaves begin to fall and the sunlight hours dwindle, you can be sure that your choices for physical...
I Don’t Trust Your Dog
Memory: I'm nearly six years old, and I'm sitting on my grandmother's couch. My nearly 4-year-old brother is at the other end. We're watching...
Simple Water Safety Tips for Your Family
Keeping cool in the pool or lake is what summer's all about for many kids. But with children drowning on the rise, how do...
Goldfish Swim School: Learning to Swim Can be FUN
From the minute you walk into the new Goldfish Swim School, the only thing you have to worry about is swim lessons. Everything else...
Gaining Confidence in the Water
My oldest son has been attending swim lessons at the new Aqua-Tots in Olathe, KS for two and a half months now. He will...
Reminders to Stay Safe and Healthy This Summer
Summer is almost here, which means lots of new fun. It's a great time to refresh your memory on safety precautions to take as...
Swimming lessons are FUN…
...and so much more! Confession - we have said we were going to do swimming lessons for a while now. We have done them...
Swim Lessons with Results: Our Emler Swim School Experience
Swim lessons. The mere phrase brings up anxiety in my stomach - the forcing my head under water, diving into water when I was...
Does My Kid Need a Bulletproof Backpack?
My husband came home from work one day and asked me to watch a story that he shot and edited. He is a photojournalist...
Gentle-ish Reminders for Your Friends Who Misuse Car Seats
Hey friends, I know this is not for you. You all read your manuals and checked the updated AAP, CDC, and NHTSA safety guidelines...
