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February 5, 2012

Have a Safe Halloween

Children Trick-or-treating

Halloween is a very exciting time for kids and often very stressful for parents. And in that stressed state you may send your child out Trick-or-Treating without going over all of safety to-do” list items. Make sure that your child’s costume fits them as it should. Tuck the bottoms of the … [Read more...]

Your Child Broke a Bone – Now What??

Child with a broken bone

Whether it’s a sports injury or just an accident while playing around, there are some keys to making a broken bone more manageable. One of the most important things to do is not to have an overly dramatic response to it. Your child looks to you for guidance in unfamiliar situations – and not … [Read more...]

Is it a Bonk on the Head or Something More Serious?

Youth Football Team on the Field

If your kids play any sort of contact sport, especially soccer or football, you need to know the basics of concussions. Recently the CDC started pushing the mantra “When in doubt sit them out” whenever a kid has experienced a particularly hard hit, blow, bump or jolt to the head or … [Read more...]

Frugal Emergency Evacuation Kits

72hourkit

The weather this month has really been frightening.  We’ve seen earthquakes, tornadoes, and even a Hurricane in the United States alone.  When natural disasters like these occur, we need to be ready.  We need to have an Emergency Evacuation Kit for our family so we can quickly get the things we … [Read more...]

Are you Prepared for an Emergency?

Thrive Food Storage

I grew up in the D.C. area so when the earthquake hit earlier this week, I was shocked. We’d never had an earthquake when I lived there. Since living in San Diego we’re now fairly unfazed by earthquakes but you never know when a natural disaster is going to affect you or how bad it will be. … [Read more...]