Summer can be a wonderful time for children of all ages. Free from the requirements of school, kids have more free time to spend away from their homes. For many parents, especially working mothers, summer is a time to send your kids off to relatives, summer camps, or other locations that allow them to focus […]
Category Archives: Child Safety
I guess you could say our swimming lesson journey technically began at a friend’s wedding reception. At that time my daughter was just over a year old. One of the other guests began telling us how her child was enrolled in survival swimming lessons. I wanted to learn more. This woman’s young daughter went from […]
Living in Tampa Bay, I feel blessed to be surrounded by water. I love that I can raise my kids somewhere where they can swim and enjoy the pool, lake and ocean year-round. As a girl who grew up in the pool with parents who were lifeguards and competitive swimmers, I never had a fear […]
Living in Tampa Bay, I feel blessed to be surrounded by water. I love that I can raise my kids somewhere where they can swim and enjoy the pool, lake and ocean year-round. As a girl who grew up in the pool with parents who were lifeguards and competitive swimmers, I never had a fear […]
The Teal Pumpkin Project Halloween is filled with candy, scares, and orange pumpkins. Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) wants everyone to know about another color for pumpkins, teal! The Teal Pumpkin Project was created to allow all children and young adults to have a safe and happy time trick or treating on Halloween. Food allergies in […]
Anti-Semitism is still alive and occurring frequently. There are people in this country who would like to exterminate all Jews. These people would like to see the Jews murdered in a gas chamber the way their ancestors were. There are awful memes floating the Internet saying just that. Breathe that statement in. Sends chills down […]
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This article is brought to us by our partners at The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. Written by Kelley Parris, Executive Director, The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. Before it’s time to teach a child his ABCs, parents, and caregivers need to know the crucially important ABCs of safe sleep. Unsafe sleep practices, including co-sleeping, […]
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This article is brought to us by our partners at The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. Written By Kelley Parris, Executive Director, The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County Drowning is the top preventable death for children under the age of 5 in the Tampa Bay area. From 2013 to 2018, 63 local children – enough […]
Child abuse prevention is something we all need to be aware of. I know there were some days when I spoke too sharply, when I put him in his car seat too roughly, and when I said what I swore I’d never say. I assume that because I worry about those irregular episodes that I […]
This article is brought to us by our partners at The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. Written By Kelley Parris, Executive Director, The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County It’s no secret that parenting can be stressful. Situations like a baby who won’t stop crying can be hard to handle, especially if they’ve tried everything to […]