Consumer Reports Guide to Childproofing & SafetyConsumer Reports Guide to Childproofing & Safety
This book is chock full of easily readable tips, advice, and clear illustrations compiles all the information time-crunched parents need to keep their children safe both at home and in that great big world out there. Included is information such as: how to identify safe vs. unsafe products, how to manage insect bites, poisoning, choking, and food allergies. Since 1936, the mission of Consumer Reports has been to test, inform, and protect.
Your home, your yard, that big world out there. Hazards waiting to seriously injure your child are everywhere. This essential safety guide puts the power to change that into your hands... and it's all stuff that's easy to do, so you can get on with enjoying your kids. Eliminate hazards in every room in your home; learn which products are safe to use with your children and how to identify products that are not; get clear advice for choosing the right car seat and illustrated instructions to help you install it properly; and ensure babysitters, grandparents, and other caregivers know how to keep your kids safe.
"Consumer Reports" compiles all the information time-crunched parents and caregivers need to keep their children safe both at home and on the go.
Your home. Your yard. That great big world out there. Hazards waiting to seriously injure your child are everywhere. Each year, millions of children sustain an injury serious enough to require medical care. The majority of these accidents can be prevented.
As a parent, you want to do everything in your power to arm yourself with the best and most complete safety information available. But finding and keeping track of all of this essential information is a daunting task. This book, chock full of easily readable tips, advice, and clear illustrations compiles all the information time-crunched parents and caregivers need to keep their children safe both at home and on the go - so you can spend less time worrying, and more time enjoying your kids.
- Which products are safe to use with your children and how to identify products that are not
- How to eliminate potential hazards in every room in your home
- Tips for your babysitters, grandparents and other caregivers
- Tips beyond childproofing, from basic bite and sting care to more serious problems such as poisoning, choking, and food allergies.
- Playground, beach, water safety and MORE.
- Clear advice for choosing the right car seat and illustrated instructions for proper installation
- Special section on the hazards of LEAD and what you can do about them.
From one of the most trusted sources of safety information, here is an invaluable baby and child safety resource every parent and caregiver should own.
Your home. Your yard. That great big world out there. Hazards waiting to seriously injure your child are everywhere. Each year, millions of children sustain an injury serious enough to require medical care. The majority of these accidents can be prevented.
As a parent, you want to do everything in your power to arm yourself with the best and most complete safety information available. But finding and keeping track of all of this essential information is a daunting task. This book, chock full of easily readable tips, advice, and clear illustrations compiles all the information time-crunched parents and caregivers need to keep their children safe both at home and on the go – so you can spend less time worrying, and more time enjoying your kids.
· Which products are safe to use with your children and how to identify products that are not
· How to eliminate potential hazards in every room in your home
· Tips for your babysitters, grandparents and other caregivers
· Tips beyond childproofing, from basic bite and sting care to more serious problems such as poisoning, choking, and food allergies.
· Playground, beach, water safety and MORE.
· Clear advice for choosing the right car seat and illustrated instructions for proper installation
· Special section on the hazards of LEAD and what you can do about them.
From one of the most trusted sources of safety information, here is an invaluable baby and child safety resource every parent and caregiver should own.
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- Yonkers, N.Y. : Consumers Union, [2008], ©2008
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