Helping Parents Succeed
Zoey is a Chihuahua, but when a rattlesnake lunged at her owners’ 1-year-old grandson, she was a real bulldog.
Booker West was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents’ northern Colorado back yard when the snake slithered up to the toddler, rattled and struck. Five-pound Zoey jumped in the way and took the bites.
Full report: SFGate.com
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Gerber Products Co. recalled all packages of its organic rice and organic oatmeal cereals Friday because of potential clumping, which can pose a choking hazard.
Gerber said it has received complaints of choking but no reports of injury.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Drawing preteens as young as 6 or 7, sites like Club Penguin and Webkinz are forcing parents to decide at what age they are willing to let their children roam about and interact with friends online. They, along with schools, are having to teach earlier lessons on safety, etiquette and balance with offline activities.
Full report: PhysOrg.com
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THE importation of cheap and potentially dangerous toys has increased fivefold since 2000, with scores more presumably slipping under the authorities’ radar.
An analysis of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s recall data shows 56 imported products designed for toddlers and babies were removed from retailers’ shelves over the past 12 months, compared with just 10 products in 2000.
Full report: Brisbane Times
Every year, more than three million children are rushed to the hospital because of an accident at home.
This week, a toddler died after getting stuck inside a dishwasher that was programmed to turn on automatically when the door closed. It’s cases like these that has some questioning the safety of high-tech appliances.
Full report: ABC12
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