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URL of this page: https://medlineplus.gov/childsafety.html
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Summary
As parents, we want to keep our children safe from harm. Take steps to keep your children safe:
- Install the right child safety seat in your car
- Teach children how to cross the street safely
- Make sure they wear the right gear and equipment for sports
- Install and test smoke alarms
- Store medicines, cleaners and other dangerous substances in locked cabinets
- Babyproof your home
- Don't leave small children unattended
Related Issues
- Halloween Safety Tips: Costumes, Candy, and Colored Contact Lenses (Food and Drug Administration) Also in Spanish
- Novelty Makeup (Food and Drug Administration)
Specifics
- Backpack Safety (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
- Childproofing Your Home: 12 Safety Devices To Protect Your Children (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
- Childproofing Your House (American College of Emergency Physicians)
- Fireworks (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
- Playground Safety (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)
- Winter Safety Tips (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
Videos and Tutorials
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Tipping Point
(Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Statistics and Research
- Traffic-Related Pedestrian Injuries Among Children in 2021 (Safe Kids Worldwide)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Children
- Do You Know How to Be Street Smart? (Nemours Foundation)
Patient Handouts
- Bathroom safety - children (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Cribs and crib safety (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Preventing head injuries in children (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
The information on this site should not be used as a substitute for professional medical care or advice. Contact a health care provider if you have questions about your health.