A parents worst nightmare: your child goes missing. No one saw anything, no one knows what happened. One minute your child is there, then theyre gone. How can you prevent this from happening? There are approximately 2,100 reports of missing children filed every day. As alarming as that sounds,...

Parents and guardians recognize the importance of monitoring their child’s eating habits, extracurricular activities and Internet usage. Yet many are still not taking all of the necessary steps to help protect their children.

A recent survey found that, despite several child...

POOL SAFETY ALARMs – What are the In Pool Options?

Vigilance is the best way to prevent a child from drowning. Nearly all pool mishaps happen in less than five minutes; the amount of time it takes to make a cup of coffee or a sandwich.

There are alarms that can help you...

A national survey of 1,000 parents found that many don’t know key facts regarding potential safety hazards for children.

Among the survey’s findings: One in three parents are unaware that children can drown in as little as 2 inches of water. Less than half of parents know...

Survey: Parents Need the Facts About Injury Risks to Children

A national survey of 1,000 parents found that many don’t know key facts regarding potential safety hazards for children.

Among the survey’s findings: One in three parents are unaware that children can drown...

Swim lessons and summer camp aren’t the only activities that parents will encourage their kids to take on this summer break. According to mothers of grade-school-aged children surveyed by Parenting magazine’s MomConnections, more than 75 percent of moms say they feel responsible for...

Once you have made the difficult decision to turn to a surrogate mother to help you have a family, it can be hard to know what to do next. You will have spent a long time considering the emotional implications on yourself and all the other people involved, but now you may be unsure about the...

Summer is a fun time, but its also a time when a lot of accidents happen. Here are some ways to keep your children safe this summer.

Water safety.
If you have a pool or plan to be around the water at all, then make sure youve got all security devices in place. All gates must be...

I admit it – I’m a total sucker for sugar and spice baby girl clothing. Give me lace and roses, hand-crocheted pinafores, add hand-smocked bodices and I’m in heaven. I’ve raised two little girls and had a hand in half a dozen nieces, and I’m here to warn you,...

For a parent, it is a big shock when their young toddler starts to stutter. What to do next is hard to decide, whether to seek help from a stutter specialist or to hope it is just a phase.

I met a lady who was thirty and her little boy aged four had had a stutter for quite a while. She...

Children can develop a stutter at an early age and for the parents it can be a very worrying time. It is difficult to know what to do. Parents wonder if it is just an age thing or just a phase. They think about whether to take their child to some form of speech therapy, however worry that that...

When a child starts to develop a stutter, it comes as a shock to everyone involved. It can be a very stressful time for both the parents and for the child.

I myself developed a stutter at the age of four or five. My mother had left work to look after me when I was born and I started to...