Chicago has outlawed crib bumpers inspite a lot of objections from the industry which makes these. Bumper pads, in recent years, have the reason for many SID or suffucation among babies. Babies, who still do not have the motor skills to turn or move their head away from bumper pads that are wrapped around their [...]
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The Child Rescue Centre, a program of Helping Children Worldwide, has established a partnership with Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAAST), a program of World Hope International to combat child trafficking and forced child labor in Sierra Leone, West Africa. FAAST works closely with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Social Welfare and Gender Affairs [...]
One of my dearest girlfriends’ babies have learned to crawl and we’ve been helping her with baby proofing her house. This is a safety requirement that must be put in all houses with very curious babies and toddlers, to avoid accidents. You don’t want to find your baby with a bump in her head, or [...]
This is the most dreaded part I do as a parent — preparing my children’s lunch for school. I easily run out of ideas and more often than not, just give them money for it. And it does get expensive. The idea of packing lunch for school is to ensure that your children are eating [...]
The CSPC is recalling Phil & Ted Bugaboo strollers in the US and Canada for its brake failure issues. The exact directive of the recall is below: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer [...]