Childhood Safety

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

What can you do when your son starts viewing online porn?

What's the best way to handle the situation when your son is caught using profanity online?

A mother ask what she should can do to protect her child from her abusive husband.

Make sure your kids understand the rules for school bus safety.

Babies younger than six months of age should always be kept out of direct sunlight. Before you take your infant outdoors, be sure she is protected.

A well-stocked first-aid kit in the family car helps you cope with emergencies while traveling.

What steps should you take when you find out your child has been molested?

What can parents do when their nine-year-old says he is won't play sports because he's afraid he'll get hurt?

It's not a healthy practice for a child to spend three to five hours per day on the computer.

An expert advises a mother on how she might help a son who was molested.

An expert suggests ways that a parent can learn about the therapy her child is receiving for past sexual abuse.

Physical abuse is never the right response to misbehavior.

It's advisable to keep your children away from cigarette smoke as best you can.

The parent is the best judge of what and when her child is ready to learn and how to best inform him.

No exploration of your child's safety can be complete without taking a clear-eyed look down the barrel of vital statistics.

Find out how soon after fracturing a collarbone a child can resume normal activities.

A parent wonders whether to send her child to a summer camp that had "one bad apple."

In this article, an expert offers some DO and DON'T advice for parents of teenagers who are instant messenging.