for your child starts at home. Baby- and child-proofing your house can help prevent accidents and injury. Doing a check of chemicals at home—and making sure everything from pesticides to cleaning products are out of reach for little ones—helps protect your child. And of course, adult supervision and teaching a child about safety from the start can be the best defense against accidents.
Are You Packing Disease-Causing Bacteria In Your Kids’ Lunch Box? I Was.For the last two years, I’ve packed a lunch for my older son every day. With my youngest son about to start kindergarten, I will be doubling that daily chore. As if it’s not hard enough deciding...
Keeping Children Out of the ER On a warm July day, 2-year-old Reagan and her mother Jennifer attended a pool party. A relative agreed to watch Reagan while Jennifer took her 5-year-old son Josh to the bathroom. In those brief moments, attendees found Reagan at the...
Teaching Your Child About Strangers Without Causing FearThe safety of my kids is something I think about constantly, as I’m sure it’s certainly a topic on every parent’s mind. When I was growing up, you could play outside in the front yard without parental supervision...
Get Out & Play at the Park Safely!When you live in the city, there is really no better place to Get Out & Play with kids than the park. Not only is there open space to run, ride bikes and play ball or tag, but there are the structures for kids to climb, slide, swing...
Keep Kids Safe From Lead This Halloween: Don’t Be “Tricked” With Dangerous Candy
Get the Lead Out! Prevent Lead Poisoning This October
Protecting Yourself and Children From the FluAs the flu epidemic spreads across the United States, young children are especially vulnerable when it comes to suffering from? influenza, and health officials are urging parents to take precautions to protect themselves...
First 5 LA's NEW Safe Sleep Brochure “Sleeping like a baby” isn’t always safe. Where and how your infant sleeps may put them at risk for serious injury, or worse. Fortunately, you can protect your infant from sleep-related injury or death by creating safe sleep...
First 5 LA Safety Check: Cribs
California Infants Remain at High Risk Following Initial Report of MaltreatmentA First 5 LA-funded study by the Children’s Data Network at the University of Southern California School of Social Work has found that 60 percent of infants in California who were reported...
