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Why do more?
Regardless of how busy you are and how badly your day is going, nothing makes you feel smaller than standing within arms' length of a mother who lost her child, wanting only to reach over and take away her pain, knowing you never can. What hits you is their strength.
Stuffed animals used as safety tool in new program
Linda Friedel Anne and Randy Brown, proud parents of their newborn daughter, Palmer, got an unexpected gift before they drove her home from the hospital. Someone handed them a fluffy stuffed animal named Chance, explaining to them it was theirs to keep and not their son’s. The Browns accepted the free gift, thanked the representative, and said they would definitely incorporate Chance into their lives.
High-Tech Car Seat Keeps Parents and Kids Connected
Parents who worry about installing their child's car seat correctly, accidentally leaving their child in the car, or their child becoming unbuckled while the car is moving have a new, high-tech ally. The TOMY International First Years True Fit IAlert Convertible Car Seat syncs with a parent's smartphone to provide feedback on installation and lets the parent know if the child is in the seat or not.
Congress urged to pass easy auto safety fixes that will save kids’ lives
Congress urged to pass easy auto safety fixes that will save kids’ lives. Child safety advocates and families whose children have been killed by vehicles in backover incidents, strangled by power windows or inadvertently knocked a vehicle into gear came to Capitol Hill today to urge Congress to pass legislation preventing these unnecessary deaths and injuries.
Children Safety and Cars
According to the Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention, approximately one in 10 vehicle-related deaths of children don’t occur in traffic situations. Instead, many of these deaths occur close to home, in drive-ways or garages, in nearby parking lots, or even inside the car.
