Babies 0–12 Months

Tip

Button Battery Safety Tips (PDF)

Dowwnload the facts about button batteries.

Sounding the Alarm on Heatstroke

July 3, 2013

Does it ever seem like Washington isn’t listening to us? Well, recently the Senate Appropriations Committee sent a message that they were hearing us.

Tags: heatstroke, child passenger safety, NHTSA, Congress, hyperthermia, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, summer safety

Grilling up Summer Safety

By Candice Ahwah-Gonzalez

June 3, 2013

Summer has always been my favorite time of the year. My family does not let a summer weekend go by without finding something to celebrate and a reason to get together and have a barbecue - Memorial Day, Father’s Day, the 4th of July and 4 birthdays all within a week of each other at the end of July (mine, my mom, my daughter, and my sister)!

Tags: grilling safety, barbecue safety, cooking safety, fire prevention, burn prevention, summer safety, fire safety

Video

Can You Stop Children From Playing With Fire?

Learn why we should always put matches and lighters out if reach and out of sight of children.

Video

Cause for Alarm: Will Smoke Detectors Wake Your Kids?

This segment from NBC’s TODAY Show may surprise some parents, as it shows how kids can sleep right through the sound of a smoke alarm.

Research Report

An In-Depth Look at Keeping Young Children Safe Around Medicine (March 2013)

Every parent knows to keep medicine up and away from children, but kids are still getting into medicine at an alarming rate.

Video

A Simulation of Rapid and Extreme Car Heating from Direct Sunlight

This video shows how quickly temperatures inside a car can increase, putting anyone in that car at risk of injuries or even death caused by heatstroke.