Poisonous snake bites aren’t always as apparent as you would think. Learn how a series of experts missed the tell-tail signs of a poisonous snake bite, & the lessons this story teaches as it pertains to your own kids.
Continue reading →Imagine the followings: You’re an 11-year-old boy. There’s conflict in your house and you are scared, so you call 911 for help. The police arrive, and an officer draws his gun and orders everyone out of the house. So you … Continue reading →
Ever since the internet was invented, teenagers have been inventing dumb stuff to post on it. The latest dumb thing to do is a dangerous TicTok challenge where teens dare one another to drink excessive amounts of cold medicine containing … Continue reading →
In yet another example of America’s relationship to guns gone wrong, On Friday a first grader at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia got into an argument with his teacher. kThats when the six-year-old pulled out a gun and shot her. … Continue reading →
Working smoke alarms are a must for any safety conscious parent, but many parents overlook another danger that also becomes more common at this time of the year: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Every year this invisible and odorless gas kills around … Continue reading →
Karizma Zitlali Vargus was just like any other baby girl. Happy, vibrant, and just starting to talk, when a kitchen accident at 14 months old changed her life forever. Her mother, Maribel Landeros, was cooking a meal in the kitchen, … Continue reading →
Sometimes, real life truly is much stranger than fiction. This is especially the case wherever children and safety issues come together. One of these stories really happened. The other two were derived from the voices inside our head. Can you … Continue reading →
Here we are yet again: Another mass shooting, another group of kids mowed down in their classroom, another set of grieving parents suddenly forced to refer to their children in the past tense. A new batch of photographs running across … Continue reading →
In the book ‘Guns for Protection?,’ I write about the folly of Stand Your Ground laws, which allow people to go free from murder after shooting someone dead, so long as they claim to have felt threatened by the other … Continue reading →
As previously promised, here is our newest resource for parents and teachers: A six page printable coloring book that teaches kids about the dangers of walking on frozen lakes, rivers, or ponds. A handful of kids die this way each … Continue reading →
