Kids Safety Tips
The following information is from the American Red Cross.
With a baby or young child in your family, you know there is nothing more important than safety. Whether you're a parent or a child caregiver, there are steps you can take to keep babies and children safe. Follow these general safety rules.
- Use safe playgrounds.
- Use gates on stairs.
- Always supervise children in or near water.
- Buckle up.
- Never keep guns in any child care setting.
- Call the poison control center if you think a child has been poisoned.
- Post emergency numbers next to your telephone.
Take an American Red Cross course in first aid and infant/child CPR. Make sure that others caring for your children are certified as well. Contact your local Red Cross chapter for more information. Additional helpful links are provided below.
Kitchen Safety for Kids
Night Safety for Baby
Fall Prevention, Children
Fire Prevention and Safety Tips for Babysitters
Car Safety for Infant and Child
Halloween Safety
School Bus Smarts
Toy Safety
Water Safety for Children
Other Resources:
- The ABCs of Safe and Healthy Child Care from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Red Cross Babysitter's Training
- American Red Cross First Aid and CPR
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Child Care Association
- National Child Care Information Center
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
- DOT Auto Safety Hotline - call toll-free (8:00AM to 10:00PM ET Monday-Friday): 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236)
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
- Zero to Three
