Safety

Child Safety Week – 24 to 30 June – is the Child Accident Prevention Trust's flagship annual community education campaign, raising awareness of serious childhood accidents and how to prevent them without wrapping children in cotton wool. This year's Theme is "Be a Safety Hero".

Internet safety is crucial for our children who, according to recent research from the UK Safer Internet Centre, want to be able to use the internet safely and responsibly. Take the Connect with Respect quiz to test your internet safety know-how and visit the website for help and advice.

The Sustrans’ School Travel projects enable thousands of children to travel to school actively and safely through practical and educational measures. The aim is to ensure that pupils enjoy the benefits of walking and cycling to school whilst staying safe. These tips help ensure safety for child – and adult – cyclists.

Survey reveals that more than half parents questioned believe that lowering speed limits would help children exercise more.

Andrew Wild, chief security officer of cybersecurity company Qualys, offers these top tips for parents to share with their children and keep them safe online.

In a league of its own, the new sleekly designed TRIFIX seat is universally approved for use in any car with ISOFIX and Top Tether anchorage points.  TRIFIX is the first seat to feature a revolutionary ISOFIX + installation system providing complete and unrivalled protection for your little one. Harriet Coates tried it out for Parenting Without Tears.

Safer Internet Day calls on families to discover the digital world together. The UK Safer Internet Centre is a partnership of three leading charitable organisations, Childnet International, the South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Take the Internet safety IQ test to see how clued up you and your children are.

Having a travel booster seat has made life easier for Hazel Bothma who tested out the award-winning Bubblebum (v2) inflatable car seat for PWT.

Have child, will travel. Olivia Coates has been trying out the BRITAX Jockey Comfort child bike seat and as you can imagine from a company which prides itself on safety and comfort, this seat rates highly on both scores.

The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) has announced that !8 to 25 June 2011 is the first ever National Water Safety Awareness Week. The week will highlight the importance of staying safe in, on and around water and will celebrate the fantastic work that life saving clubs up and down the country are doing. Plus Parenting Without Tears has top water safety tips from RLSS UK.

Safety gates can sometimes be a hazard in themselves if you have to step over the base – especially for the elderly and infirm. Anne Coates reviews the Tippitoes Extendable Non-Trip Safety Gate.

Nearly 70 per cent of parents still don't realise that their child seat may be fitted incorrectly. The best possible protection is only provided if you select the right system for your child and car and if all regulations and instructions for fitting the child car seats are properly compiled with and if the child itself is fastened into the seat correctly. Mark Bennett, Britax's Safety Expert, give his top tips for finding your perfect car seat.

Everyone should know some basic first aid and although we can get lots of useful information from books nothing beats a hands-on training course. Anne Coates attended a Basic First Aid and Emergency Life Support course run by St John Ambulance.

Henry Burrroughs, a commuter cyclist, tried out Pedal Lights, Anklelites and Baglite on his journeys to and from work.

With the nights drawing in it's more important than ever to be seen whether you or your children are on foot or cycling. Parenting Without Tears has got together with  Pedalite to offer four lucky readers a unique solar powered lighting system for their backpacks/ruscksacks.

Every week in the UK someone dies in an electrical accident at home, and one in eight has had a serious electrical shock. The Electrical Safety Council has compiled a list of top tips for electrical safety in the home.

A new survey by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) shows that while four out of five parents believe home is the safest place for their children, healthcare professionals report that four children are admitted to hospital every hour after suffering accidents in the home. CAPT is asking parents to make time for safety and give their top ten safety tips and facts.

Following recent news of deaths resulting from using baby slings, Simone Ross from the Brisitsh Osteopathic Society, advises on the pros and cons of using a baby sling to carry a baby.