Car Crashes Are the Leading Cause of Death for Children According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), car crashes rank as the leading cause of death for children. They also represent one of the most preventable causes of child fatalities. Proper restraints and seat belt use save lives. Young Children Face the Highest Risk in Crashes...
Continue ReadingWhen we send our children off to summer camp, we have faith in the professionals and caregivers to keep them safe at all times. We may know that they will be embarking on adventures and partaking in sporting events, but this does not mean that we think that our children will become injured as a result. If your child...
Continue ReadingAs a parent, you constantly worry about your child’s safety when he is out of sight. You know that accidents can happen any time, anywhere. While you try to trust your son’s Waco school to provide a safe space, you still worry that you will get a call that there has been an accident. While playground manufacturers have made...
Continue ReadingEven if your child has to stay in the hospital for an extended period of time, you are likely going to want to visit every day. What can you do to make sure that your child is safe and healthy during this trying time? First of all, be very careful about bringing germs into the hospital room with you....
Continue ReadingA 69-year-old teacher, who was witnessed placing his knee of the back of an 11-year-old student, causing him to suffer injuries, will not face criminal charges for his inappropriate behavior. This is what a McClennan County grand jury decided at the middle of this month. According to court records, the incident in question was first reported to the Hewitt...
Continue ReadingPreventing injuries to your children may feel like a nearly impossible task. You’re constantly following them around, warning them, teaching them and buying safety equipment — like bike helmets — that you then have to convince them to use. It’s tough, but it’s important for parents to identify potential threats. Below are five ways that children are often injured....
Continue ReadingFor most kids in elementary school, recess is the highlight of the day. Getting a chance to burn off some of that energy from sitting in class, playing with friends and enjoying the fresh air can make it easier to sit through the afternoon lessons. Unfortunately, for a few individuals, recess can be a very unfortunate experience. Some children...
Continue ReadingMost children in America spend the majority of their awake hours under the care of day care workers or at school. While you’d expect for the administrators at their school to properly vet teachers to make sure that it’s safe for them to be around your child, they often make mistakes. Then there are some teachers who go even...
Continue ReadingIt’s summer. Most children are busy at camp, at the pool, traveling or doing several other activities for the next few weeks until school starts back once again. Since kids are running around here and there, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there’s an uptick in them getting hurt during the summer months. According to the Nationwide Children’s...
Continue ReadingTexas Child Protective Services (CPS) has launched an investigation into a potentially life-threatening incident that occurred in Robinson, a city that lies just over six miles south of Waco, early in the morning on Oct. 4. That fateful day, a CPS investigation team announced that a 3-year-old, one of the youngest children that attends a Robinson Independent School District...
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