Recommended Web Sites

Protect Your Child From Poisons in the Home - The FDA has created this fact sheet.

Car Seat Safety (birth to age 4) - The Mayo Clinic brings you this slide show.

A-B-Cs of Raising Healthy Kids: Steps to Staying Safe and Healthy - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have created this list of tips.

Abduction and Kidnapping Prevention Tips for Parents and Guardians - The National Center for Missing or Exploited Children provides this information.

After School Safety for Children Home Alone - Great information on making sure your child is safe when at home without you.

Anatomy of a Cyberpredator - Scary but important information about how predators function over the Internet.

Baby Product Safety - Safety tips for purchasing new and evaluating "hand-me-down" baby equipment.

Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute - Great place to go for information and reviews of safety equipment for children (and adults) who ride bicycles.

Child Safety and First Aid - Valuable links covering general child safety issues from the nation's medical societies.

Child Passenger Safety - Links to great information about safe practices when transporting children in cars or school buses.

Child Passenger Safety - These fact sheets, from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control cover a dozen child safety topics.

Child Safety - The Consumer Product Safety Commission has gathered these links to documents from many major manufacturers.

Child Safety from Canada - This is a great resource for information on all types of safety issues.

Child Safety on MedlinePlus - Great safety links from the National Library of Medicine on many safety issues, such as: playground safety, scooters, baby equipment, sun safety, bicycles. MedlinePlus includes many links to Spanish language sites.

Children's Safety Zone - Click here for lots of great information on safety for children.

Cold, Ice and Snow Safety - Great tips from KidsHealth for parents.

Common Childhood Injuries and Poisonings - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia offers this information.

A Grandparent's Guide for Family Nurturing and Safety - Great tips on how to be a special influence on your grandchildren.

A Guide to Playground Safety - The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons offers this information.

Healthy Toys - This web site shows the results of chemical tests on hundreds of different toys. The site is run by Ecology Center in collaboration with the Washington Toxics Coalition.

Hidden Hazards - SafeKids explains what puts kids at risk.

Household Products Database - What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room? Do these household products pose a potential health risk to you and your family? Find out what's in these products and what are the potential health effects, and other safety and handling information.

How to Be Safe When You Are in the Sun - Information for kids about sun safety.

Kid Safety - A fun, kid-friendly site from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

McGruff! - McGruff the Crime Dog talks about all sorts of safety issues here.

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care - Information about child care from the US Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

Outdoor Injury Prevention - Learn how to prevent accidents in the yard and playground.

Parent's Guide to Internet Safety - The FBI provides this information.

Playground Safety - KidsHealth provides these tips.

Preventing Children's Sports Injuries - Excellent information from the American Medical Association on how to protect your young athletes from injuries.

Safe Kids - SafeKids.Com is where you'll find tips, advice and suggestions to make your family's online experience fun and productive.

Safe USA - Great pages and links to information about safety at home, school, community and at work.

Safety Tips for Special Needs Children - Find out how to keep these most special children safe.

Scooter Safety - An information bulletin from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Skateboard Safety 1 & Scooters, Skates & Boards - Tips from the Consumer Product Safety Commission and from the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Staying Safe for Teens - KidsHealth offers safety tips on all sorts of things: driving, camping, tanning, etc.

Sun Safety - Good sun-safe tips from the the KidsHealth web site on safe sun.

Swimming Safety - Swimming safety information courtesy of the US Army - but useful even if you are not military!

Stranger Danger - An explanation of who strangers are and how to avoid being abducted by a stranger.

Strangers - A cautionary article describing why children still go with strangers, and how to talk to them so they understand why they should not go with strangers.

Top 10 Safety Tips for Children Traveling Alone - AirSafe.com covers issues related to kids who fly alone.

Toy Safety - The Consumer Product Safety Commission offers this information.

Watch Out! - Excellent site from KidsHealth with tips on all kinds of indoor and outdoor safety practices.