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Is Your Child Safe? Take This Quiz to Find Out

by Kathy Peel, Posted Jun 3rd 2009 10:00AM

June is National Safety Month, Mom. Are your children safe? Although you can't control everything that happens, there are lots of things you can do to prepare your children for emergency and make your home and yard safe for play this summer. Take ...
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5-Year-Old Left Behind - Parents Don't Notice for 14 Hours

by Sandy Maple, Posted Dec 29th 2008 2:00PM

With so much to do during the holidays, it is inevitable that some things will slip through the cracks. Perhaps you didn't get your Christmas cards out on time or you forgot to buy a gift for one of your relatives. That happens to the best of us. But ...
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At what age is it ok to leave kids home alone?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 15th 2008 1:00PM

I was at least twelve years old before I was allowed to cross the street by myself. It was several years after that I was allowed to stay home alone during the summer while my parents were at work instead of going to summer camp. I always felt ...
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Leaving the kids at home

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Mar 5th 2008 12:02PM

I was on my way home from work Monday night when I suddenly lost control of the car. The steering became sluggish and unresponsive and it was all I could do to wrestle the vehicle off the freeway and into a nearby shopping mall parking lot. I'm no ...
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Keeping latchkey kids safe

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 23rd 2007 10:02AM

I worked full-time outside of the home throughout Christie's childhood. For the first 10 years or so, she spent her after-school hours either in day care or at Grandma's house. The cost of daycare was killing us financially, and while Grandma was ...
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Kid calls 911 to avoid doing homework

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Dec 31st 2006 12:37PM

A 10 year-old boy dialed 911 and asked that police take his mother away. Was she beating him? Did she keep him in a cage? No, this mom had the gall to pressure her son into doing his homework. But there's more to the story. Apparently the boy was ...
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Home Alone: At what age can kids be left by themselves?

by Jay Allen, Posted Jan 6th 2006 2:02PM

We all know it's not a bright idea to fly to Vegas for several days, leaving your 9- and 5-year-old kid alone with the dog without even telling them where you're going. Um, well, okay, most of us know that . But there's a good question buried in ...
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Babysitters? Who needs 'em! Let's go to Vegas, baby!

by Stefania Butler, Posted Jan 4th 2006 6:51PM

Yes, it's another story of parents acting like idiots from the tip line. (Thanks, Roger! ) Parents who left their two young children at home while they spent a fun-filled, care-free New Year's weekend in Las Vegas face possible child endangerment ...
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