Blog Posts

Safe Kids in Action: Teaching Families about Medication Safety in Northeast Oklahoma

By Emily Samuel

April 19, 2016

Learn how the team at Safe Kids Tulsa is helping to keep kids safe around medicine.

Testimony of a Two-Year-Old

By Martha Wilcox

March 28, 2016

According to the family historian, I was not to be trusted.

At age two, I had been left alone for about a minute when I was discovered sitting in my parents' bedroom with a bottle of aspirin -- cap off, bottle upended, contents strewn about. (Clever girl!)

Safe Kids in Action: Safe Kids Northeast Florida’s Medication Safety Program

By Emily Samuel

March 28, 2016

For more than 12 years, Safe Kids Northeast Florida has been keeping kids safe by finding creative solutions to reach families with the information they need most. One example is their medication safety program.

Tags: medication safety, Safe Kids Coalitions, Safe kids in action

Keeping Kids Safe Around Medicine

By Editor

March 14, 2016

The equivalent of about four school busloads of kids arrive at emergency rooms in the U.S. every day because a child accidentally got into medicine. That’s more than 59,000 kids each year. What can parents do? We have answers.

Tags: medication safety, poison prevention, medicine safety

Evenflo Recall: The Details

By Anthony Green

February 26, 2016

Did you hear? Evenflo Company, Inc. just announced that they are recalling more than 56,000 Transitions 3-in-1 Combination Booster Seats. The booster seat is being recalled because the child can loosen the seat's harness, while in the car seat, which could lead to an increased risk of injury to the child in the event of a crash.

Tags: evenflo, booster seats, car seat recalls

#DayItForward This Leap Day

By Emily Tuite

February 24, 2016

What will you do with an extra 24 hours? Leap Day only happens once every four years, and this year we are supporting our partner Chevrolet in the “Day it Forward” campaign.

Tags: #dayitforward, leap day, Chevrolet

Car Seat Guidance From One CPS Tech to Another

By Lorrie Walker

February 19, 2016

Parents learn of car seat information through a variety of trusted sources. The information may or may not reflect best practice but can grab attention because it sounds so easy to do and uses simple language. Safe Kids CPS Training Manager and Technical Advisor Lorrie Walker weighs in on the matter.

Tags: car seat, infant safety, car seat inspection

TAKE ACTION! Flint, Michigan Kids Need Safe Water

By Anthony Green

February 3, 2016

Our children are entitled to drink and bathe in clean water. As we’ve read about in the news, the children of Flint, and all residents, don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water.

Tags: drinking water, Flint, take action

Join Safe Kids on National TV Safety Day

By Editor

February 1, 2016

Safe Kids Worldwide and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) are once again teaming up to help make your home safer in celebration of National TV Safety Day.

Tags: TV tip-overs, events, CTA