Medication Safety
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Nine out of every 10 poisonings for children ages 12 and younger involve medication errors or unsupervised children taking medicine on their own.
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Teen Driving
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Each year, National Teen Driver Safety Week brings attention to teen car crashes, which are a leading cause of death for teens in the United States.
Read MoreOpen Water Swimming Safety
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Teens are the second most at-risk age group for drowning. Talk to your teen about how to make safe and smart decisions when swimming in open water.
Read MorePlayground Safety
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Most playground injuries are caused by falls. Keep your child safer by choosing a playground with safe surfacing under and around equipment.
Read MorePortable Pools
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In the summertime in the U.S., a child drowns in a portable pool every 5 days.
Read MoreProduct Recalls
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Millions of unsafe products are recalled every year. Go to SaferProducts.gov to learn about and report safety problems with items your family uses.
Read MoreSafe Sleep
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Data from the CDC shows that more than 3,400 babies die each year, often from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and sleep-related suffocation and strangulation.
Read MoreShopping Cart Safety
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Shopping cart injuries are more than pinched fingers. Learn how to prevent your child from a serious head or neck injury before you shop.
Read MoreSledding Safety
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Thousands of children end up in the hospital every year due to sledding injuries. Keep your child on the hill by preparing ahead of time.
Read MoreStair Safety
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Safety steps: when carrying a child up or down steps, protect your most important cargo by carrying the child only, leaving one hand free to hold on to the railing.
Read MoreSun Safety
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Showing children the importance of sun safety when they’re young lays the groundwork for a lifetime of healthy skin habits, protecting them from painful burns in the short-term and skin cancers when they’re older.
Read MoreSwimming Pool Safety
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Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 4 years and the second leading cause of injury death in children ages 5 to 9 years.
Read MoreTeen Pedestrian Safety: Crossing the Street
/Teens are more likely than younger children to be killed by a vehicle. When was the last time you talked to your teen about walking safety?
Read MoreToy Safety
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Toy-related injuries send a child to a U.S. emergency department every three minutes.
Read MoreTV Tip-Overs
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Every three weeks in the U.S., a child dies from a TV tip-over, and hundreds more are injured.
Read MoreWhy Injury Prevention Matters
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Unintentional injuries still account for 40% of the child deaths in the United States—more than any other cause.
Read MoreWindow Falls
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Every day, about 9 kids younger than 5 years are treated in a U.S. emergency department for injuries from window falls.
Read MoreYouth Sports Injuries
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Every 25 seconds, a young athlete suffers a sports injury severe enough to be treated in an emergency department.
Read MoreYouth Suicide Prevention
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Make sure they know that you have their back, and resources like the 988 support line are there to help, too.
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