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All About Fever

Fever is a symptom and not a diagnosis or a medical condition. The most common cause of a fever in children is an infection; mostly viral but in some cases a bacterial. One of the challenges in evaluating...
Backpack Safety: Lighten the Load

Complaints about back and shoulder pain are increasingly common. Parents have every right to be concerned about how heavy their child's backpack is. In fact, overweight backpacks have been getting so much...
Bicycle Safety

Wearing a helmet won't guarantee safety ...it will reduce the risk of a preventable injury or death. Courtesy of Safe Kids Canada Bicycle Safety Tips Obey the rules of the road and all the traffic...
Camping and Fire Safety

Campfire burns accounted for 68% of recreational burns treated at Alberta Firefighters’ burn units. Be extremely careful with your children when you are camping. It is very easy for a child to fall into a...
Cyber safety

Allyson Beaumont (not her real name) thought she was doing a pretty good job of monitoring her 12-year-old daughter Erin's online activities. She had placed the family computer in a high-traffic part of the...
Fire Prevention Safety Tips for the Home

Check your kitchen, living room, bedroom, basement and attic, garage and workshop Kitchen: Use a temperature-controlled electric skillet or deep-fryer for frying. Never leave cooking...
Food Safety Tips for Bagged and Boxed Lunches

You need to be careful when you make and store lunches for school or work. Follow these tips to keep your food safe. Keep it clean...
Happy Trails - Think Safety!

Before heading out on any cycling excursion, don't forget to CHARGE! Get your children in the habit of running through this list of basic cycling safety tips before rushing out the front door and onto the...
Home Alone Safety Checklist

Telephone List important numbers beside each telephone and/or program them in. Equip your phone with an answering device or service so it can take messages. Buy a phone with caller I.D. Tell...
Household child safety check-list

Born to Love offers these tips on making your home safer for your little one(s). Print it off and take a walk through your house. Living Room: [ ] Unused Electric Outlets: Shield them from baby's...
How do you score on kids' safety? Mark yourself with the Safe Kids Canada Report

Despite a drop in injury rates over the past 10 years, unintentional injury, such as car crashes, drowning, or threats to breathing, remains by...
Internet Safety

"HORU?" He asks. "Y" she teases. "MOF?" He pries. "F" she replies. "WBMGF?" She giggles, "GTG POS TTYRS." If you are a parent, and you don't...
Key to water safety is 'within arm's reach'

Summer in Canada is synonymous with water play and unfortunately that can spell disaster. Almost 500 Canadians die every year in water-related...
More Bicycle Safety - Helmets

Over 90 per cent of children age six to 16 ride bicycles. Children start cycling as play when they are very young. As they grow older and become more experienced, the transition from toy to transportation is...
Pedestrian Safety

Did You Know? Approximately 115 children die each year due to pedestrian injuries. Close to 1,800 Canadian children and youths are hospitalized each year due to pedestrian injuries. 5-9 year olds...