Health and Safety
Physical activity is an important way to improve kids' health, but sports and athletics carry risks of injury. Learn how to keep children healthy, safe, and strong. Topics include health benefits of exercise, injury prevention strategies, and advice on losing weight safely.
10 Lifestyle Changes to Make Today for Family Fitness
Dealing with obesity requires a commitment from the whole family. It will be much easier for your child to accept—maybe even embrace—changes to his eating habits and activity level if he's not going it alone. These recommendations apply to families who want to prevent obesity, too. Everyone can benefit from better nutrition and more physical activity.
Dealing with obesity requires a commitment from the whole family. It will be much easier for your child to accept—maybe even embrace—changes to his eating habits and activity level if he's not going it alone. These recommendations apply to families who want to prevent obesity, too. Everyone can benefit from better nutrition and more physical activity.
Preventing Injuries, Promoting Health
Kids can suffer from many kinds of sports injuries, including sprains, broken bones, concussions, and heat stroke. Lists risks of physical activities, which sports cause the most injuries, and how to prevent and treat the most common injuries.
Kids can suffer from many kinds of sports injuries, including sprains, broken bones, concussions, and heat stroke. Lists risks of physical activities, which sports cause the most injuries, and how to prevent and treat the most common injuries.
Kids' Bike Safety Tips
For kids, bike safety can be an afterthought. But parents need to make safety rules and enforce them to reduce the risk of falls and other injuries. Know the best kids' bike safety rules.
For kids, bike safety can be an afterthought. But parents need to make safety rules and enforce them to reduce the risk of falls and other injuries. Know the best kids' bike safety rules.
Use a Mouthguard to Protect Teeth
Reduce the risk of injury to the head, neck, jaw, teeth, and mouth by making sure your child has an athletic mouthguard—and wears it regularly.
Reduce the risk of injury to the head, neck, jaw, teeth, and mouth by making sure your child has an athletic mouthguard—and wears it regularly.
Winter Safety: Keep Kids Safe From Hypothermia, Frostbite, and Injury
Safety advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on how to keep kids safe during the winter months. Includes tips on staying warm and preventing injuries while skating, sledding, skiing, and snowboarding.
Safety advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on how to keep kids safe during the winter months. Includes tips on staying warm and preventing injuries while skating, sledding, skiing, and snowboarding.
Road Safety for Kids and Families
If you're a runner, you probably know and follow safety rules. If your child bicycles, you require him to follow bike safety rules too. But what about road safety for kids and parents traveling together? Follow these guidelines.
If you're a runner, you probably know and follow safety rules. If your child bicycles, you require him to follow bike safety rules too. But what about road safety for kids and parents traveling together? Follow these guidelines.
Poll: How Healthy Are Your Child's Habits?
Is your child on par with her peers when it comes to physical activity levels and nutritious eating?
Is your child on par with her peers when it comes to physical activity levels and nutritious eating?
Summer Safety Guidelines for Families
Outdoor play helps kids get the physical activity they need every day, plus it's fun for the whole family. But playing outside exposes your kids to some hazards too. Know and enforce important summer safety rules to lower your family's risk of injuries and illness.
Outdoor play helps kids get the physical activity they need every day, plus it's fun for the whole family. But playing outside exposes your kids to some hazards too. Know and enforce important summer safety rules to lower your family's risk of injuries and illness.
Sun Safety for Kids and Families
These sun safety tips for families from the American Academy of Pediatrics help you keep your child safe while he plays outside in the sun.
These sun safety tips for families from the American Academy of Pediatrics help you keep your child safe while he plays outside in the sun.
Swimming Pool Safety Tips
Lower your child's risk of drowning by following these important pool safety guidelines. A backyard pool requires pool safety equipment and constant supervision.
Lower your child's risk of drowning by following these important pool safety guidelines. A backyard pool requires pool safety equipment and constant supervision.
Back to School Health and Fitness
The start of a new school year is a good opportunity to create or revive good health and fitness habits. Add these back-to-school health changes into your get-ready plans.
The start of a new school year is a good opportunity to create or revive good health and fitness habits. Add these back-to-school health changes into your get-ready plans.
Halloween Safety Tips
Make sure your Halloween stays happy by following these Halloween safety tips, recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Includes guidelines for costumes and for trick-or-treating.
Make sure your Halloween stays happy by following these Halloween safety tips, recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Includes guidelines for costumes and for trick-or-treating.
Playground Safety Checklist
To improve playground safety, remember the acronym SAFE, for Supervision, Age-appropriateness, cushioned Falls, and safe Equipment. Check home, public, and school playgrounds against this playground safety checklist before kids play.
To improve playground safety, remember the acronym SAFE, for Supervision, Age-appropriateness, cushioned Falls, and safe Equipment. Check home, public, and school playgrounds against this playground safety checklist before kids play.
Are Insect Repellents Safe for Kids?
Kids hate being bothered by bugs when they play outside (and mosquitoes and ticks can carry dangerous diseases). But are insect repellents safe? Learn the best ways to keep insects away.
Kids hate being bothered by bugs when they play outside (and mosquitoes and ticks can carry dangerous diseases). But are insect repellents safe? Learn the best ways to keep insects away.
Help Active Kids Avoid Heat Stress
Kids are susceptible to heat stress and other heat-related illnesses, such as dehydration, especially when they exercise. Learn how to prevent heat stress in your physically active child during hot and humid weather.
Kids are susceptible to heat stress and other heat-related illnesses, such as dehydration, especially when they exercise. Learn how to prevent heat stress in your physically active child during hot and humid weather.