"children-safety" Articles & Blogs:
National Child Passenger Safety Week - Get Your Car Seat Inspected
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Did you know that three out of four child safety seats are improperly installed in vehicles according to research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration? That's why we urge all parents and caregivers to attend the annual “National Seat Ch...[Read on] |
Ford increases passenger safety with inflatable seatbelts
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It's a fact that seatbelts and airbags have a proven record of saving lives in automobile crashes. Ford has now combined the two technologies to create a new kind of inflatable seatbelt that will better protect rear seat occupants, especially more vulner...[Read on] |
Back to School Safety
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It's back to school time. Kids excitedly put on new backpacks and wonder who will be in their classes while parents worry about their child's safety. And with good reason. Each year around 800 school-aged children are killed in motor vehicle accidents dur...[Read on] |
Keep Your Kids Safe: Use Your Car Seat Safely
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As the mother of two boys (one is 7, the other is 17), I'm no stranger to the world of car and booster seats and respect the importance of ensuring all passengers are safely belted into any moving vehicle. I'm frightened by the footage I've seen that dem...[Read on] |
Geena Davis goes to the UN
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Geena Davis seems to be one of the only women in Hollywood consistently speaking out on the issues of women and girls.
Yesterday, she was at the UN talking about the media and its effects on girls.
The money quote:
If we have such devaluing and disem...[Read on] |
Drivers are interested in intelligent vehicle sensing features despite limited familiarity
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As automotive technology increases with new innovations like Ford’s Curve Control, consumers have a growing interest in several other new technologies geared toward safety and accident prevention. A study entitled AutoTECHCAST, conducted by Harris Int...[Read on] |
The 30 Most Ridiculous Character Names on All My Children and One Life to Live
| Today ABC announced that soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live will conclude in September and January, respectively. We don’t watch either of those shows, but if we had to guess, we’d say both will end with some sort of scandalous big revea...[Read on] |
Women Everywhere Read This: Top Auto Accident Statistics
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According to Online Lawyer Source, vehicular accidents pose a serious threat to the public and auto accident statistics are the leading cause of death for people under the age of 34. Leading cause? This is something serious to consider. For all the moms ...[Read on] |
AskPatty joins with Bark Buckle UP Pet Vehicle Safety Awards
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Millions of Americans love their pets, and many drivers love to bring their pets along for the ride. Bark Buckle UP (www.BarkBuckleUp.com) is dedicated to pet travel safety, and as the leader in pet safety education travels the country to work closely wi...[Read on] |
Children Targeted as Witches in the Congo
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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo (WOMENSENEWS)--Chance Chubaka's family lives in Chimbunda, a suburb of this bustling, impoverished town on the south shores of Lake Kivu. But by the time Chance was 9 years old, she no longer shared their home.
&q...[Read on] |
Buckle Up Memorial Day Weekend, Or Be Prepared For A Ticket!
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Hey folks, it's Memorial Day Weekend, and the police are out in force to help keep you safe behind the wheel. As the weekend kicks off, law enforcement officers and safety officials are mobilizing across the nation to enforce safety belt use laws in orde...[Read on] |
Young Drivers: Make a safe driving video and win a $5,000 Scholarship
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Hurry, you only have until July 1 to submit video entries to the 2010 Bridgestone Americas Safety Scholars Video Contest! The Safety Scholars Video Contest is open to young drivers ages 16 to 21. Entrants must produce a short car safety video either 2...[Read on] |
Buckle up for Memorial Day and be Seat Belt Safe!
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by Daytona DaytonIt
was very early that morning when I rushed out of the house into the car
with my three teens trailing right behind me. We needed to get
to school early as my graduating senior had to present his Senior
project and needed to unload th...[Read on] |
Ghouls and Goblins Make Halloween Driving Spooky
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Brought to you by Car Care Council
For motorists, the spooky part about Halloween is that little ghouls and goblins often dress in dark colors and in costumes that cover their eyes, and some get so excited they simply forget road safety rules. To he...[Read on] |
Right-wing shock jocks: Now attacking children
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This is reprehensible (trigger warning). I’m not going to quote from the piece because it’s really sickening, but the gist is this: Right-wing radio jocks in Sacramento attacked transgender kids, calling them horrible names and basically enco...[Read on] |
Potentially life-saving personal safety app designed by a mom for her kids
| Silent Bodyguard iPhone App Sends SOS and GPS Location Without Alerting Onlookers or an Attacker...[Read on] |
Paid Sick Days are Good for Moms And Kids
| The Connecticut Paid Sick Days proposal has been a controversial and highly discussed proposal. It truly is a difficult time to place additional burdens on our business community, and the proponents of the legislation have worked very hard to address mo...[Read on] |
Fresh Air Fund looking for runners for NYC Marathon
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The Fresh Air Fund is looking for runners and sponsors to join our Fresh Air Fund-Racers team for the NYC Marathon on November 7th. This is a great way to participate in NYC’s premier race while helping Fresh Air Fund children.
Over the past four yea...[Read on] |
Pity Contest: Kate Gosselin Visits Sarah Palin’s Alaska
| A forthcoming episode of Sarah Palin’s Alaska features a cameo by fellow TLC employee Kate Gosselin, star of Kate Gosselin’s Southeastern Pennsylvania. Gosselin transports her eight children to Palin’s home in Wasilla, Alaska, for a bi-family campin...[Read on] |
Remembering Elizabeth Edwards, Power Mom
| Elizabeth Edwards with her daughter Cate at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston. By Elise Amendola/File/AP Photo. I will remember Elizabeth Edwards first and always as a mom. I think that’s the role she cherished most among the breathtak...[Read on] |
For $4.99 You Can Stop Your Teen from Texting and Driving
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Moms: How much is your child's safety worth to you? You probably can't put a number on it. Texting while driving is a serious problem - the statistics are mind-boggling. As of 2010, as many as a whopping 30% of accidents were caused by someone us...[Read on] |
Tips from 21st Century Insurance: Have a Safe Holiday Season!
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The holiday season is full of family, fun, and goodwill, but it has a darker side. The number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities skyrockets faster than eight tiny reindeer.
Spirited Statistics:
On average from 2001 to 2005 (the last year that co...[Read on] |
October 18-24 is National Teen Driving Safety Week!
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Take one glimpse at teen driving statistics and it's clear: the real culprit facing today's teens behind the wheel is distracted driving. Regardless of whether it's a cell phone, iPod, or BlackBerry, in the last 10 years teens have become more connected ...[Read on] |
What's the deal with Women Drinking and Driving?
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Is binge drinking for women out of control? How much is too much and when do you know if you have a problem? In light of last month's tragedy about Long Island mom Diane Schuler, whose wrong-way drunk driving on a New York highway took the lives of eig...[Read on] |
Summer Safety: Kids and hot cars don't mix
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It's that time of the year again. Warm summer temps make going to the pool, beach and parks a lot of fun. But those higher temps can be deadly inside a parked car.
So far this year, twenty child deaths can be attributed to heat stroke (hyperthermia) from...[Read on] |
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