Blog Safety Topics: Choking and Strangulation

Know the Risks of High-Powered Magnets at Home

By Dr. Robert E. Kramer

December 3, 2018

Parents, learn how to protect your kids from high-powered magnets.

Know Before You Go: 4 Tips for Black Friday and Holiday Shopping

By Amanda Knowles

November 21, 2014

As the weather gets chilly and holiday anticipation begins to grow, it’s time to start making lists – lists for Thanksgiving dinner, lists for Santa, lists for winter-weather preparation, and, of course, lists for holiday shopping.

Before you join the crowd on Black Friday to kick-start your holiday shopping, here are a few important things to add to your list.

Tags: TV tip-overs, Button Battery, bike helmets, toy safety, Holiday Safety

To Grandmother’s House We Go

By Candice Ahwah-Gonzalez

November 18, 2013

Over the river, through the woods, down the highway and off on a plane we go. Holiday travel season is here and it’s an extra special one for me because it’s my baby’s first Thanksgiving. Not only are we travelling to Grandma’s house, but we’re off to aunts’, uncles’ and cousins’ houses as well – at least I don’t have to do the cooking this year.

Tags: Holiday Safety, holiday travel, thanksgiving

A Life Too Short

By Torine Creppy

February 19, 2013

Here at Safe Kids, we often hear from parents who have faced the heartbreaking loss of a child. You will want to read this story by Gordon and Julie Ross, loving parents who are eager to share their story so other parents can learn from their tragedy.

-Torine Creppy, Chief Program Officer for the United States

Tags: food safety, choking prevention, food-choking, asphyxiation, airway blockage, choking