Child Safety Seats
Of all the things that are most likely to seriously injure a child, a car accident is the most likely. If you use child restraints correctly, you can reduce the chance of a fatal injury by up to 71 percent for infants and more than 50 percent for toddlers.
Bicycle Safety
Children are often injured on bikes. Many of the injuries aren’t consequential but some result in lifelong disabilities or death. The experts at Kids.gov recommend that children under 10 years old never ride in the street, but on sidewalks instead.
Safe Cell Phone Use for the Family
SafeKids.com recommends that the entire family follow simple cell phone use rules. These rules go from charging the phones overnight in an area away from bedrooms to making sure that everything everyone posts is appropriate.
How Parents Can Stop Cyber-Bullying
Bullying has been around since there have been mean girls and bad boys, but in the last 20 years, cyber-bullying has joined the schoolyard. Listen carefully to complaints and if your child’s personality undergoes a change, ask questions fast.
Parental Monitoring
Now, parents have the ability to monitor and set hard limits for their children for TV programming and computers. Each is easy to set up and use. Some social media don’t want any child under 13 to have an account. Be a careful parent and don’t allow the child to lie about their age to put themselves jeopardy.
Protect Your Possessions and Those of Your Child
Asset protection is an important factor to consider when planning your estate.
A good and appropriate will is the best gift you can give to your family after you are gone. This includes a family estate that allows your family to retain its assets through many generations to come.
Lawyers can help with this multi-generational planning to protect assets against possible difficulties such as taxes, spendthrift heirs and other hard to imagine problems. When your first child is born, make your appointment with an estate planning lawyer. They can also help protect your assets if you’re involved in an accident and people are coming after your things. A reputable lawyer like Bronson Jones & Co is a great place to start.
Parents aren’t supermen and no one can anticipate every danger or threat to the family’s safety. All anyone can expect is their best effort to inform their children of possible threats.