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Meet Grammy Yes

December 2, 2013

Every December, my family piles into our 2001 minivan (275,000 miles and counting) and heads to Buffalo to visit my mother-in-law. I call her “Grammy Yes” because whenever my kids asked Grammy a question, the answer was always, “yes.”

“Yes, you can have chocolate-covered potato chips for breakfast.”

“Yes, you can stay up as late as you want.”

Tags: grammy yes, the last ackaway, Donate to Safe Kids

Safe Kids Capitol Day

By Anthony Green

November 8, 2013

Did you know that the "zip" in "zipcode" means “zoning improvement plan” or that every day 200 billion M & Ms are sold in the United States?

The good thing is that we don't need to know those things.

Tags: public policy, safe kids capitol day

Running for Safe Kids

November 4, 2013

In elementary school, there were few things I dreaded more than running.

Let me put it this way: One year, our French class of four kids (everyone else chose to take Spanish) was required by our teacher to get up in front of the entire school and sing “Aux Champs Elysees.” That song haunts me to this day, and I still would take that over the mile run in school.

Tags: Marine Corps Marathone, Donate to Safe Kids

Batter’s Up for Advocacy

By Anthony Green

August 22, 2013

While working at Safe Kids, regardless of whether we have children or not, we develop a parents’ radar for ways kids are vulnerable to injury. I am no different. Earlier this summer, I visited my family in Santa Cruz, California, and spent a lot of time watching my then 8-year-old nephew, Logan, play baseball with his team, the Mets.

Tags: concussion, head injury, sports safety, baseball, youth sports injury prevention, state laws, legislation, public policy

Sounding the Alarm on Heatstroke

By Roshan Alemi

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

Peer-for-Peer Advocacy

By Roshan Alemi

March 29, 2013

Pop quiz. Who do you think are the best advocates for child safety issues? a) Pediatricians; b) Elected Officials; c) Teachers; d) Parents? The answer is: e - none of the above.

That’s right. While many of these groups work hard for children, peer-for-peer advocacy, or kids lobbying on behalf of kids, can actually have the biggest impact of all.

Tags: school safety, cafeteria safety, grass roots advocacy, state laws, legislation, public policy, child safety, peer advocacy

Take Action: Kids on the Cliff, Again. Call Congress, the White House.

By Anthony Green

February 26, 2013

Albert Einstein once said that “doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results” is not consistent with good mental health. But here we are eight days before the fiscal cliff kicks in, just as we sat on the cliff on New Year’s Day.

Tags: sequestration, Federal funding, budget cuts, fiscal cliff, public policy, advocacy, child safety programs

Take Action: Let’s Pass a Tough Booster Seat Law in Florida

By Anthony Green

February 26, 2013

A car crash happens so quickly, but the pain can last forever, especially when it’s the pain of losing a child. Last April, 5-year-old Jason Santamaria went for a drive with his Aunt Florencia. Based on Jason’s size and weight, the safest place for him to ride was in a car seat or booster seat in the back seat of the car.