Childhood Safety

There are simple steps you can take to make your pool safer for young children.

Each year, high temperatures put people at risk but there is hope. Check out this Heat Emergency Guide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The poison ivy rash is not contagious, but there are factors that cause it to spread on one person.

Check out the latest cookout safety tips.

Learn what our experts have to say about toy guns and safety.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

Juvenile justice expert James Irving thinks we can stop kids from turning to violence.

Evaluate your school's ability to prevent violence with this checklist.

Given all the school killings in recent years, many parents are having second thoughts about enrolling or keeping their children in school.

Parents can be reassured that straining of stools is a reasonable approach to finding the foreign body; the swallowed object usually will be seen within 24 to 48 hours, regardless of age.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

This article examines both side of the issue of seat belts on school buses.

Some holiday plants are beautiful but harmful. Read on to find out which ones.

Read what you should do when your child swallows an object.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

Learn what schools are doing to keep children safe, and what you can do to help promote school safety.

You can determine how severe an ankle injury appears to be by asking a few simple questions.

You should see a doctor if a cut is very deep, if it won't stop bleeding after 10 minutes of direct pressure, or if the skin is really split apart.

Find out some possible causes of pain in the Achilles tendon after sports.

At what point does "normal" childhood sexual exploration become sexual abuse and exploitation?

What should a mother do when she suspects that her ex-husband is abusing her seven-year-old daughter?