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September 16, 2024
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NEW STUDY FINDS THAT 4 OUT OF 5 PARENTS MOVE CHILDREN OUT OF BOOSTER SEATS BEFORE THEY ARE READY
Teach Kids How to Walk Safely
- Teach kids at an early age to look left, right and left again before crossing the street.
My name is Reggie McKinnon. I live in Cape Coral, Florida. Three years ago, on March 8, 2010, my wife Julia and I experienced the most devastating event that can happen to a parent: the loss of our baby girl, Payton Lyn. It was a day that changed our family forever.
I met my wife Julia when we were sophomores in high school. I played varsity sports and Julia was a cheerleader. It may sound corny, but it was one of those cases of love at first sight. We started dating in 1988 and have been together since.
Last month I was standing at an intersection in New York City, but felt like I was back living in my home city of Shanghai. All around me, there were jaywalkers who didn’t appear to have any interest in following the traffic signals, which reminded me of the so-called “Chinese Style Road Crossing.”
The decision to have a child . . . is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body - Elizabeth Stone
The first time I read this quote I was a brand new mom, and I’m not sure I fully understood just how true it was.
Renowned Injury Prevention Expert and Pediatric Emergency Physician Will Lead Multipronged Efforts to Prevent Childhood Injuries
She is there every single day, rain or shine, or even when she is under the weather. She greets each child as if they were her own, and makes sure they are doing ok when they go home. The road she crosses the kids is a 4-lane street, with much of the traffic that goes through there in the morning not related to the school, so do not always watch out for the kids.
When I was in third grade, a teacher I didn't know pulled me out of my reading class and asked, “Do you know what a learning disability is?” I shook my head back and forth. She looked me right in the eye, smiled, and said, "It's a gift. You see things differently and you learn things differently than most people, but different is good.”
If there is one thing I know about myself, it’s that I am not the most coordinated person. I know this because I ran cross-country in high school, and I still have the scars to prove it. Even the smallest branch or bump in the road used to be enough to bring me tumbling to the ground in spectacular fashion.