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It's So Hot Outside: Tips on Keeping Kids Safe in the Summer Heat

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted Jul 22nd 2011 12:00PM

Credit: AFP/Getty Images Yep, we know: It's hot out there. Like, really, really hot. Like, so hot you really don't want to step outside of your air conditioned bubble. But how much TV can you allow your kids to watch before you just ...Young children are especially vulnerable to heat, experts say.
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America Sets Grim Record for Kids Dying in Hot Cars

by Tom Henderson, Posted May 5th 2011 2:30PM

America hit a new record number for children who died in hot cars last year. Credit: Getty Images
You would have to be dumber than a bag of hammers to leave a baby in car in the searing Florida sun.
Reggie McKinnon of Cape Coral, ...Father choked with emotion as he tells his tragic story.
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Record Number of Children Died in Hot Cars in 2010

by the editors at ParentDish, Posted Sep 30th 2010 5:37PM

Some deaths occur when exhausted parents forget they left their kids in the car. Credit: Getty Images
Temperatures might be dropping now that fall has arrived, but that's no reason to be less diligent when it comes to leaving your kids in the ...This year, a record 48 children have died of hyperthermia after being left or trapped in a hot car or truck, according to the Kansas-based organization Kids and Cars.
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Two-year-old rescued from SUV

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 30th 2007 9:31AM

A two-year-old girl was found alone, crying, and sweating profusely in a locked SUV in a parking lot where the outside temperature -- in the shade -- was 83 degrees, according to the police. One window was left open two inches for ventilation, but ...
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Dead Sea salt saves forgotten boy

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 6th 2007 2:33PM

It is hard to imagine that a parent could forget their child even for a moment in a sweltering car, at Disney World or anywhere else. When Ellie is out with me, I am locked onto her position like radar. If she steps out of my sight for a moment, I ...
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Locking a baby in a hot car, where is the help?

by Heather Craven, Posted Aug 3rd 2006 7:30PM

One of our readers sent in this real life story about a mom who accidentally locked her 16 month-old baby in the car with the keys. As is the case with most every location in the country this summer, the afternoon was horribly hot. As soon as the ...
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