Kids Drink Windshield Wiper Fluid at Arkansas Day Care

Ten children at an Arkansas home-based day care accidently drank windshield wiper fluid that was left in the refrigerator. The kids, all seven years old or younger, had about an ounce of the stuff before realizing...

Keeping Kids Safe Online

We’ve all heard the horror stories, about kids and the internet. It's a hunting ground for pedophiles. There's all sorts of horrible language, explicit material, and god only knows what else, just hiding out there in cyber space waiting to target unsuspecting kids. So...

FDA Rejects Child Cold Meds Recall

The Food and Drug Administration in the US has rejected a plea from pediatricians to ban cough and cold medicines for children under 6 years of age, worried that an outright ban before further research might lead...

Aussie Driver Fastens Seat Belt on Beer not Child: Gets Fine!

Rather than use seatbelt for a child, Australian driver used it to hold a beer case instead.The child was sitting on the car floor notes Barbara McMahon (The Guardian) in Driver fined for putting beer's safety before child's...

MySpace’s agreement is marvelous; parents who monitor PC activity is better...

I've read a large amount of discourse focused on the MySpace agreement and the call for parental supervision of adolescent Net usage. I am all for computer monitoring software - and technology can provide support! Your teen could perhaps be the sufferer of electronic...

Irons in the Fire: 30 bills take aim at crucial online issues

Irons in the Fire: 30 bills take aim at crucial online issuesThe swirling news vortex of a Presidential election cycle tends to suck all the oxygen out of nearly any issue that dares to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with early primaries, delegate counts, and "Super Tuesday." But...

A key logger review: PC Pandora is the cream of the crop

Last month, I decided to invest in some key logger software to monitor my young ones. A quick Yahoo search for "key logging software" revealed PC Pandora. Wow! This baby does everything - the greatest all-around protection available, IMHO.Aside from the key logging...

Top Toy Recalls in 2007

"Whats a parent to do? The Christmas season is upon us and Santa may not make very many children happy this year. If there is a particular toy that your child wants and it is on the recall list, he or she is going...

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