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Three Steps To Safety On Wheels
by: News Canada
(NC)-Are your kids safe when riding on wheels - bicycles, scooters, skateboards or in-line skates? Safe Kids Canada, a national child safety program, has launched the Got Wheels - Get a Helmet! campaign this spring. Safe Kids Canada urges Canadians to follow these three tips to keep their children safe:
Make sure your child wears a helmet that fits correctly, as well as other protective gear.
Bike: bike helmet.
Scooter: a bike helmet, elbow pads and knee...
Eight Out Of 10 Kids In Child Safety Seats Are At Risk And Their Parents Don T Even Realize It
by: News Canada
(NC)Even the most informed parents make mistakes when installing child safety seats. According to a recent study by Transport Canada, eight out of 10 child safety seats are improperly installed. DaimlerChrysler Canada recognized the need to help parents properly install car seats and as a result has developed a free safety seat inspection service called Fit for a Kidฎ, that is open to any make or model of vehicle.
Keeping kids safe when you drive is a parent's primary...
Learning To Be Safe With Your Children On The Road
by: News Canada
(NC)According to recent Canadian studies, as many as eight out of 10 child safety seats may be improperly installed in Canadian vehicles. While most parents understand the importance of child safety seats and make sure they have one for their child, the problem comes from a lack of caregiver education when installing them.
Transport Canada's Keep Kids Safe: Car Time 1-2-3-4 information guide indicates that approximately 10,000 Canadian children 12 years of age or younger...
Play Laugh Grow Learning To Play With Your Child
by: News Canada
(NC)The first year of a child's life is a prime time for exploring. Babies are excited and eager to learn about the world around them and playing is essential to a child's development. Parents are the best learning resource a child has, and playtime offers a chance for bonding between parents and children. By learning how to play with their children, parents can help them develop a sense of accomplishment and self-esteem.
Parents shouldn't feel that they have to...
Helmets Work The Trick Is Getting Your Child To Wear One
by: News Canada
(NC)-Bikes, scooters, skateboards and in-line skates are popular with Canadian children. But it's important to stay safe, stresses Safe Kids Canada.
Head injuries are the number one cause of serious injury and death to kids on wheels, says Amy Zierler, information specialist at Safe Kids Canada. The good news is that a correctly worn helmet cuts the risk of serious head or brain injury by as much as 88 per cent.
In Canada, only half of children wear helmets while riding...
Got Wheels Get A Helmet
Got Wheels? Get A Helmet!
by: News Canada
(NC)-Bikes, in-line skates, scooters and skateboards are popular with Canadian kids. These activities are great ways to keep fit, but it's important to remember the risks that come hand-in-hand with kids on wheels.
In Canada, thousands of children and teens are injured every year doing wheeled activities. For that reason, Safe Kids Canada, a national child safety program, has launched the Got Wheels - Get a Helmet! campaign this spring. Safe Kids...
Learning Through Senses The Key To A Child s Development
by: News Canada
(NC)The first few years of a child's life are full of new and exciting experiences that are absorbed like a sponge through the five senses: touch, taste, smell, sight and sound. From birth, newborns are bombarded with a busy world that they must learn to master. It is the senses that pave the way for a child's development throughout his or her life.
From birth, parents must choose toys and learning tools for their child that are fun and enjoyable to play with and that...
Tips For Parents On How To Deal With Bullying
by: News Canada
Often a serious problem for kids
(NC)-Bullying behaviour may seem rather insignificant compared to the trouble that some kids can get into. In fact, it is often dismissed as just another part of growing up.
It shouldn't be.
Statistics show that one in four children who bully will have a criminal record before the age of thirty. Teasing at bus stops, taking other children's lunch money, insults and threats, kicking and punching - it's all fair game to the bully. On the...
Hot Enough For You Only The Thermometer Knows
Hot Enough For You? Only The Thermometer Knows
by: News Canada
(NC)-When it comes to preparing ground beef, it's not easy to tell if it's properly cooked. Many people guess that their burgers are done when they're brown. However, ground beef can turn brown before disease-causing bacteria, such as E. coli O157:H7, are killed.
Canada's food is among the safest in the world, but bacteria are everywhere, including in ground beef. If food isn't handled safely, harmful bacteria can multiply to...
Facts About Allergies For Parents
by: News Canada
(NC)-Did you know that more than 20 percent of school-age children suffer from allergies. A condition that, if not diagnosed properly, can interfere with a child's ability to concentrate.
In fact, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, allergies account for 2 million missed school days each year, and on any given day more than 10,000 children are absent from school due to troublesome allergy symptoms. In Canada, this represents approximately 200,000 missed...
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