Child Safety Dressing up to go trick-or-treating is a traditional childhood ritual. But wandering the streets in the dark dressed in bizarre costumes and knocking on strangers’ doors to ask for food can pose hazards. To be sure your children have a Halloween that’s fun and safe, take these precautions. * Choose white or bright […]
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Home Safety * Do not smoke. Do not allow smoking in your house. * Open windows as much as you can to let fresh outdoor air in. * Live clean and green. Use baking soda, vinegar, plain soap, etc. and/or 100 percent biodegradable products that do not have chlorine, phosphates, and dyes. Paint with zero-or
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Mental Health Signs & Causes Few, if any, relationships are perfect. Problems are bound to occur. The problems most often linked with marriage and other relationships include: * Failures in communicating * Misunderstandings * Negative feelings, such as being hurt, put down, ignored, abused and/or lonely * Power struggles * Acting out to get attention.
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Personal Safety Many people know that shoveling snow can put many at risk for back injury or a heart attack, but think, “It won’t happen to me” and shovel anyway. Shoveling snow strains the back, because you bend at the waist to lift a load. And shoveling can trigger a heart attack in three ways.
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Home Safety * Follow safety advisories for foods that are contaminated with harmful substances, such as methylmercury in fish and harmful bacteria in produce, etc. You can find out about these fromepa.gov. * Use seatbelts and safety-approved car seats when riding in vehicles. * Keep poisons and other harmful items locked and out of reach
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Connect With Relatives If holidays are sad due to a lost loved one, plan to be with other people. For many people, holiday times are too hectic and tiring to be enjoyable. For others, living alone or with memories of a lost loved one brings sadness. * Schedule activities you enjoy, but take time to
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Home Safety * Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 30 or higher. * Wear sunglasses that block both UVA and UVB rays. * Learn to swim and teach your children how to swim. * Check the depth of the water before diving into a pool. Don’t dive into water that
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Home Safety The National Poison Control Center is staffed 24 hours a day. Memorize the National Poison Control Number: 800.222.1222. Buy household products, vitamins, and medicines in child-resistant packaging. Keep items in original containers. Follow label warnings. Carbon monoxide (CO) has no odor or color. Symptoms of CO poisoning are like those of the flu,
Home Safety Do This, Not That Choking and suffocation can occur at any age, but is more common in babies and toddlers. Choking is the 4th leading cause of unintentional death in children under the age of 5. At least 1 child dies from choking on food every 5 days in the U.S. Common foods
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Home Safety Do This, Not That According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): * Drowning ranks 5th among the leading causes of unintentional injury death in the United States. * About 10 people die from unintentional drowning every day. Of these, 2 are children aged 14 or younger. * An additional 347
