ChildSafetyBlog.org


"Updated information regarding recalls, child safety news, best safety practices, state-of-the-art products, as well as opinions about everything related to child safety. While the site will have tips about major topics such as toys, water safety, and safety in and around cars, it will also have links to the best websites for each of these topics."

Author: Bryan Slaughter practices at Michie Hamlett Lowry Rasmussen & Tweel, which has offices in Charlottesville and Roanoke, Va.

Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Product Liability Law • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from ChildSafetyBlog.org


  • Another Installment About Child Safety Seats

    Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:* Couldn't resist the pun in the title.  So we're talking again about child safety seats.  Why? Because they're really important.  There are few things that a parent or…

  • Preventing Child Scald and Burn Injuries (Part 1)

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  • Happy Halloween!

    I hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween.  For safety tips while trick or treating, please see my post from last year....

  • Young Children and Cold Medicines - New Findings

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  • More Window Blind and Shade Recalls After More Children Die

    There's nothing I find more senseless than children being seriously injured or dying as a result of a well known, and easily fixable, hazard.  Last year, I wrote about the strangulation danger posed by a…

  • Safety 1st StairLight Stair Gate Recall

    Durel Juvenile Group and the CPSC is announcing a recall of approximately 31,000  Safety 1st stair gates.  Apparently, the hinges can break and give way, which creates a fall hazard if the gate is placed…

  • Child Seat Safety - Part 2

    We know child seats are important, but do we know why?  How do they work to keep our children safer in a car accident, and why is it so vitally important that they be installed…

  • Car Seat Safety - Part 1 of Many

    One of the best ways to protect your young child is to CORRECTLY put them in an appropriate child safety seat.  I emphasize correctly because the statistics show that only 72% of child restraints are…

  • New CDC Report on Child Safety and Injuries

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  • Child Safety in the Kitchen

    It's the holiday season, and families are coming together from near and far.  Almost without fail, we all tend to congregate in the kitchen.   Certainly people are attracted to the wonderful smells and holiday…