The issue isn’t trust. The issue is curiosity, childhood curiosity. It is the kind of curiosity that can either lead to good things… or danger.
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Archive for the Category ◊ Safety ◊
• Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Category: Internet, Parenting, Children & Family, Safety
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• Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Halloween doesn’t have to be full of sugar and sweets. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a national nonprofit founded by the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation to combat childhood obesity, has six helpful strategies to keep kids from going overboard on the Halloween treats. For more information on how you can make your home, school and community a healthier place for kids to live and learn, visit this website.
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Category: Health, Holidays, Parenting, Children & Family, Safety
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• Friday, October 01st, 2010
October is International Walk to School Month, and events encouraging kids to walk and bike to school will pop up all across the country as a result. Walking and biking to school is a great way to help young people increase their daily physical activity and build healthy habits for life.
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Category: Parenting, Children & Family, Safety
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• Friday, August 27th, 2010
No doubt, you have dreamed of having a lovely home – a home where you can relax, enjoy raising your family, and perhaps a home you could grow old in. If you have made your dream home a reality, it is definitely important that you protect the big investment you have made. The last thing you want to happen is to see your home go up in flames because you were not informed on the proper fire safety for your home. There have been many people who have lost their home to a fire, and you want to do everything possible to keep this from happening to you. To help you protect your home as best you can, here is a look at some home fire safety tips that you need to remember.
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Category: Safety
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• Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
In order to keep children safe, parents need to know where they are at all times. It’s important to know their exact schedule & who they’re spending time with, so parents can stay involved in their daily activities, and reach them in case of emergency. In order to do this, many parents choose to get their children a cell phone, which is one way to keep constant tabs on them. Of course, this only works if your child keeps their cell phone turned on, keeps it with them at all times, and actually answers it when you call them or send a text. 
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Category: MyParenTime.com's Articles, Parenting, Children & Family, Safety
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• Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Thirteen years ago, there was not one single website where you could go to find a listing of all the state registries. So, in 1997, My ParenTime’s Family Community created their own “National Sex Offender Registry” and placed it on StopSexOffenders.com. For a long time it was the only website that existed that contained links to all of the state registries.
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Category: MyParenTime.com's Articles, Safety, STOP SEX OFFENDERS
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• Wednesday, May 05th, 2010
For those of you who have to live day-to-day life with allergies (foods, medicine & environmental), it’s easy to let your guard down after a while. But you should never, ever let your guard down. Even if your doctor has been told more than a hundred times what your allergies are — you are the only one, the only person who makes that final decision to eat, take a medication, or to allow your child to do so. No matter how safe you feel, even if you’re in a hospital, always know what you’re taking and what the ingredients are. Always look around and ask questions.
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Category: Health, MyParenTime.com's Thoughts, Safety
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• Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Many people think that having a smoke alarm in their home is enough to keep them safe from the dangers of fire. Whilst a working smoke alarm is the first step you should take for fire protection and is an essential component in your fire safety toolbox, you should not stop there. If the unthinkable should happen and you are faced with a real fire in your home, one of the biggest dangers is that you can become affixiated with panic, which can affect your ability to think straight. Under these circumstances having a prepared escape plan could mean the difference between life and death for your family.
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Category: Parenting, Children & Family, Safety
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