The team at The Safety Educator is honoured to welcome Rob Newman to our panel of experts. Rob is the founder and CEO of the Australian Child Restraint Resource Initiative (ACRI). Australia’s largest trainer of professional child passenger safety technicians. ACRI (established in 2005), is a nationwide training and support network to a diverse range […]
Baby Walkers Injure and Kill Kids
Did you know that the sale, advertisement and import of baby walkers was banned in Canada in 2004? Or that the American Academy of Pediatrics called for the total ban and recall of baby walkers in 1995 and 2001 (although the recommendation was ignored)? Or how about the fact that the Medical Journal of Australia […]
20 Tips to Keep Your Baby Happy in their Car Seat
We went through a good two months of our baby girl crying when she was secured in her car seat at 8 months of age. I remember one instance when we were stuck in the rain in the middle of peak hour and she was screaming the house down, she was also over tired and […]
Child Car Seats Save Lives
The first week of May has been horrific for children dying on the road in ASEAN countries, with multiple fatalities due to car crashes in Malaysia alone. The Malaysian Consumers Association is urging the government to make child car seats compulsory for babies and children in cars. In our review of road fatality statistics for […]
Elmo and the surgeon general talk vaccinations
Science tells us that vaccines protect children from life-threatening illnesses. Every health organisation and government recommends vaccination based on evidence based, peer reviewed studies involving over 500,000 children, but one fatally flawed study involving only 12 children and no scientific basis (the data was falsified) has led the way to an anti-vaccine movement which is […]
Throw Away Your Baby’s Pillow and Sleep Positioner
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission demonstrate why baby pillows and sleep positioners are dangerous and should be removed from your baby’s sleeping environment. “We urge parents and caregivers to take our warning seriously and stop using these sleep positioners,” Inez Tenenbaum, the chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, said in a statement. Sleep […]
What Health and Safety Information Can You Trust on the Internet?
As parents we are always bombarded by things we should and should not do with our children and family. Whether from friends, family, strangers, and more recently the internet. The internet in particular is a tricky one as anyone can start a site and make statements that may or may not be factual in nature, […]
Toy Safety for Kids
Children learn through play and toys have an important role in a child’s learning and development. As it is impossible to watch your child every second of the day, there are some quick and easy things you can do to ensure their toys are safe: Read the labeling on new toys. ‘Not suitable for children […]
Car Seats and Balik Kampung
Is your child’s car seat installed and ready to go for your next drive? Balik kampung (Chinese New Year) is next week. With more traffic on the roads there will sadly be more accidents. Secure your child in a car seat every time you use your vehicle. Surveys tell us that one in three crashes […]
How to Save a Choking Baby Video By St John Ambulance
St John’s Ambulance show us how to save a choking baby in 40 seconds in their latest video. Over 40% of parents surveyed in St John’s first aid courses said they have witnessed their own baby choke and almost four-fifths didn’t know what to do when in this situation. Take a look at the video […]
