Child Safety

Parents and grandparents please take the time to make sure you know how to keep your children safe. Make sure you explain all the safety rules to each and everyone of your children. Lets keep our most precious gift safe.

HOME

More children die in home accidents than from all childhood diseases combined. Please help prevent these accidents.

Baby Proofing Your Home

Just How Safe is Your Home?

CAR and TRAFFIC

Transportation related injuries are the leading cause of death among young children. Last year, over 3,400 children were killed and 380,000 were injured.

Child Passenger Safety Education Project

Child Passenger Safety Tips

FIREARMS

Gunshot wounds are the fifth leading cause of death for children under 14 and the number-one cause of death for African-American teenage boys. Guns can be found in half of American homes.

Children and Guns: Sensible Solutions

WATER

Each year, nationwide, more than 300 children under 5 years old drown in residential swimming pools, usually a pool owned by their family.

Backyard Pool: Always Supervise Children

How To Plan For the Unexpected -- Prevent Child Drownings

FIRE

In North America, children die or are seriously hurt in fires twice as often as adults. Teach your children the importance of fire safety at an early age.

Kids Fire Safety Tips

BICYCLE

Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute

Ride Safe

Children and Bicycle Safety

Illinois State Police Bicycle Safety

CHILD ABDUCTION

Stay Alert Stay Safe

Rate Your Child's Street Smarts in 3 Minutes!

CHILD ABUSE

Child Sexual Abuse

The National Child Rights Alliance

FARM

Studies have shown that at least 300 children die each year because of injuries on the farm. An additional 23,500 children are injured on the farm each year. Many of these injuries are permanently disabling.

Review Family Farm Safety Rules

INTERNET

Kid Safety on the Internet

Questions and answers to help kids protect themselves and handle emergencies.

Cyber Patrol

Software to manage Internet access, limit the total time spent online and block access to Internet sites that you deem inappropriate.

CYBERsitter

Software for filtering and monitoring children's Internet activities.

Surf Watch by Spyglass

Software for parents who want to block their children's access to objectionable material on the Internet

GENERAL

General Resources Free and Inexpensive Resources Books

Consumer Product Saftey Commission Publications

Safe Child Program

Mike K's Child Safety -- Home Page

Children's Safety Zone

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Links checked on Thursday, July 08, 1999
This page last updated on Friday, July 16, 1999