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If you are like many busy people, you probably have a drawer somewhere in your home where several “important, but I’ll get to it later” papers live. In that small, dark place are postage-paid warranty cards that come with every new product. It seems like such a small task for me to write my name and address on the card and send it back to the manufacturer, no stamp needed. I liked the product, in this case a car seat, enough to buy it, but I never completed the product registration card.
My name is Jamie and I am the mother of four beautiful children. Last year, I experienced a tragic loss when my three-year-old daughter, Daisy, died in a car accident.
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All donations go to support our work in keeping all kids safe from injury, from providing bike helmets and smoke alarms to those in need to educating parents on how to install their car seat correctly or keep their kids safe from hidden hazards in the home.
UPDATE: We are opening our contest to all parents and educators across the United States for the last two weeks of the giveaway. All you have to do is teach your kids how to walk safely (you can use our lesson plan) and then use Twitter to enter the contest on behalf of your child’s school. If you win, we’ll send 100 “Clifford Takes a Walk” books to your child’s school.
Here’s how you do it:
It is finally fall and the weather is starting to cool off. The time has come to get out your favorite sweaters and tuck away those swimsuits and flip flops.
What if you could change the news to avoid a tragedy or save a life?
That’s the question I asked myself when I was reading the newspaper one day and saw a story about a young child who died in a car crash. It turned out he wasn’t buckled up. It broke my heart to know the news could have been much different if the child had been safely secured in a car seat, and that feeling inspired an idea for a new series Public Service Announcements called Changing the News.
Children are twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day.
Washington, D.C. – Halloween can be one of the most fun nights of the year for children across America, but for parents, it can be the most nerve-wracking as well. On average, twice as many kids are killed while walking on Halloween than on any other day of the year. By taking just a few simple precautions, kids, parents and drivers can make the night fun and safe.
Sometimes, positive change comes from bad things.
Nine years ago, Zackery Lystedt was a playing football game with his team at Maple Valley Junior High. Zack went back into the game in the fourth quarter after a hard hit in the third. The game ended, his dad, Victor, ran out onto the field to congratulate Zach for a good play. Zack told his dad that his head hurt. Then, he said, he couldn't see, and then Zack collapsed onto the field.
Did you hear the one about the street sign that tried to be funny? Nowadays, the highway signs originally designed to tell drivers about upcoming traffic jams or detours, also display signs to keep us safe. They tell us to buckle up our seat belts and child restraints, keep a safe following distance, and never drive after drinking alcohol.
Launched in Pune, the Safe Kids at Home program seeks to prevent and reduce burns and scald injuries among children.