A good gun owner is a responsible gun owner. Guns can be dangerous additions to a home no matter how well-trained you might be, especially if you have children. Safety absolutely has to be your priority once children are in the picture, so having a game plan in place is always a good idea. Below are a few steps you can take to keep your kids safe when there are guns in the home.
Continue reading “A Parent’s Guide for Keeping Your Kids Safe When There Are Guns in the Home”
A backyard is a nice feature that adds a pleasant aesthetic to any home, but it’s also a great way for your kids to enjoy the outdoors. There are multiple ways to set up any backyard with fun in mind, and an adult can keep an eye on the children at the same time. However, there are some potential safety concerns that might crop up in these areas. There are a few things you can do to minimize the risk of injury to your kids as they play.
Continue reading “How to Make Your Backyard Safer for Your Kids to Play In”
If there’s one thing that’s universally true about toddlers, it’s that they’re good at finding germs and sharing germs. Therefore, whether you’re caring for one toddler or a group of toddlers, it’s important to make an effort to keep their playroom safe and hygienic. Fortunately, with the right tools and materials, reducing a toddler’s exposure to germs is a fairly straightforward process.
Continue reading “How to Prepare a Safe and Hygienic Playroom for Toddlers”
As if looking after a child wasn’t hard enough, try keeping your kids safe when you’re away from home! When children are left unattended for periods longer than one hour, they lose their sense of self-control and that is when most accidents occur. That is why you must do your utmost best to protect your child even when you’re absent from home. Children staying home behind locked doors while you are at work can be kept safe “long-distance” with the help of these 5 simple methods.
Like it is the case with us adults, being prepared is important in case on an emergency for children as well. A child staying home alone should know how to turn on and off the home security system, call the police, lock and unlock doors, operate electronic devices etc. They should know that not panicking is the single most important thing in case of an unwanted event, like a kitchen fire. Instead of screaming and running in circles, they should dial the fire department, leave the house, and seek for help. If you are uncertain whether they will listen to you, you can always stage a fire drill or a mock emergency so they get practical experience on how to behave.
Continue reading “How to Keep Your Kids Safe When They’re Home Alone”
There’s nothing more humbling and traumatic than finding yourself in a situation where you can’t take care of yourself. In adulthood, you’re used to carrying out your own agenda at your convenience. If you’re in the position where you’re assisting a family member recover from an accident, understand that you have an opportunity to truly make a difference in their rehabilitation process. Consider these four tips you can implement in order to help them recover.
Continue reading “How to Assist a Family Member Recovering from an Accident”
Since the dawn of time, people have been fascinated with pools. In fact, the first record of a pool, or bath back then, is from five thousand years ago in one of the Pakistani city’s settlements. People have come a long way since The Great Bath, and now you can find an aesthetically pleasing family pool in almost any Australian house. It’s the centre of activity during summers, which is why safety should be a priority aside from fun. Children and pets can often stop paying attention to their surroundings when they’re playing and the consequences could be fatal. So as to avoid that fate, here’s how to keep your family safe around the pool.
Continue reading “How to Make Your Backyard Swimming Pool Safe for Your Kids and Pets”
When you have children, you need to think about the safety of your home. There are outlets that children can play with as well as cabinets that they can open and close, possibly hurting their fingers while they are closing the cabinets. Fortunately, you can follow a few tips on making your home a safe haven for children of all ages with little time and money spent.
Continue reading “4 Ways You Can Make Your House a Safe Place for Your Children”
When you’re at home, it’s easy to spot security risks. You’ve already developed a routine that involves keeping yourself safe, such as locking the doors before you go to sleep and avoiding streets in seedy areas at night. When you’re on vacation, it’s sometimes hard to anticipate what you’re getting yourself into. Be sure to adopt good practices that will keep you secure in any environment.
Continue reading “Top 7 Security Tips to Keep You Safe on Your Vacation”
Planning a road trip with your family will not be complete without a list of things needed to be done before you leave. In that list, you have included all the foods you need to buy. Aside from the food, you have also included the amount of money you need to spend. Also, who will ever forget about the outfits that you need to wear to have an Instagram-worthy photo?
Continue reading “Reasons Why a Well-maintained Car Leads to Safer Road Trip”
Contributed by Jennifer Dawson
Shockingly, most children hit by cars are under five and injured at home in their own driveways, with a parent behind the wheel. Those tragic stories should serve as a wakeup call to the importance of adequate driveway safety for families, but similarly, as you age you may find that your driveway ought to meet the required standards set by the ADA., the Americans with Disabilities Act which was passed in 1990.
Continue reading “Driveway Safety: What You Can Do To Keep Your Family Safe”