Safety
Sale on Britax Car Seats
I hadn’t heard of Britax carseats when my older children were babies, but thankfully learned about them with my third child. I absolutely LOVE my Britax Marathon, and starting today, Britax Car Seats are on Sale at the Right Start. (And if you use the coupon below, you can get $5 off your purchase of $50 or more, which [...]
6Feb2010 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
Be Super Smart about the Super Bowl
The teams are set, the hype is well underway and Super Bowl party planning is in full swing.
While you may not be thinking about the dangers of buzzed driving this time of year, you or someone you know will likely be attending a party where alcohol is served. So whether you’re rooting for the Colts [...]
Home Safety for the Holidays
As we head into the holiday home stretch, be sure to check out Underwriters Laboratories’ newly-redesigned Safety At Home Web site, safetyathome.com, which offers several tips to help you have a safe and bright holiday season. The site also provides a series of articles to help you and your family stay safe throughout the year, [...]
23Dec2009 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
Buzzed Driving IS Drunk Driving!
It’s holiday party season – time to celebrate all of the exciting winter holidays with our friends and loved ones. Our mailboxes are flooded with invitations to parties and dinners and other holiday get-togethers. With these parties come food, fellowship, gifts, and in many cases, festive alcoholic drinks.
In 2008, nearly 12,000 people in the United [...]
Keep Your Kids Safe While Traveling This Holiday Season
With the holiday season moving into full swing, families across the country are in the car and on the go. Whether you’re driving across the country to visit family or across town to holiday shop, it’s important that your child passengers are riding safely and that child safety seats are used correctly. AAA estimated that [...]
13Dec2009 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
Incredibly Affordable, Quality Booster Seat
If you’ve got a child in a booster seat, you probably know the hassles of making sure the booster seat is in the same car as the child who needs it. But who wants to buy several of these things?
Now there is a quality, lightweight booster seat available for $13.50. Harmony Juvenile recently introduced the [...]
Safe Giveaway to Safely Store Your Prescription Meds
I recently attended an orientation at my daughter’s high school and a police officer asked parents this question: “What’s the No. 1 drug of choice was among teens these days?” Naive me — I thought it was marijuana. The officer said it’s prescription drugs that the kids are taking them right out of Mom & Dad’s [...]
2Oct2009 | lipsticktocrayons | 148 comments | Continued
Don’t Text While Driving
A friend sent me a link to this video, which is pretty graphic, so you might not want to watch it with kids in the room. But I’m glad I watched it. I am vowing NOT to text and drive. I’ve shared it with my teen and I’m asking her to share it with her [...]
20Aug2009 | lipsticktocrayons | 4 comments | Continued
