Leaving your child at a daycare center is never an easy thing for a parent to do. Even if you have fully checked the facility out and gotten some great recommendations from your friends, there is still always a chance that your child could become injured while attending there.
School And Daycare Child Abuse: What Are Parents' Options?
A Brooklyn teacher was arrested Monday after allegedly slapping and punching a 14-year-old student. The teen suffered eye injuries in the attack. The male teacher, 34, is charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
Are Your TVs, Dressers Secured? 25,000 Children Injured Annually
Each year, approximately 25,000 children are injured by falling furniture or televisions, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some children escape with some scrapes and bruises, but many others suffer injuries much more severe.
Sledding Bans Gaining Traction As Cities Fear Injury Lawsuits
The recent snowstorm gave plenty of New York children an opportunity for fun, but a growing number of municipalities are deciding to ban kids from downhill sledding. The idea is not embraced by most city councils, but many places have decided that the risk of a multi-million-dollar injury lawsuit is too great.
Five Important Questions To Ask After A Playground Accident
There are more than 200,000 playground injuries each year requiring emergency room visits. While playground accidents are relatively common, they involve an array of legal issues that prove confusing to parents of injured children.
Child Stairway Falls Are Nearly Always Preventable
Even the best parent or babysitter cannot have eyes on a child every second, but that is all the time it takes for a toddler or baby to go tumbling down a set of stairs. When a young child (5 or younger) falls down the stairs and needs medical treatment, a head injury is present 75 percent of the time.
Suit Shows Why High School Football Head Injuries Are Game-Changers
Teen Girls Who Suffer Brain Injuries Face Behavioral Risks
Approximately one in five adolescents has suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during his or her lifetime, but girls often struggle more with the lasting effects.
Could Recent High School Football Deaths Have Been Prevented?
A 16-year-old Long Island boy died from a football collision last week. The youth athlete was playing for the Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats when he was injured in what was described as a "typical football play," by school superintendent Steven Cohen.
Massive Soccer-Concussion Lawsuit Seeks Changes, Not Money
The most popular youth sport in America needs to make serious changes immediately, according to a recent lawsuit brought against the U.S. Soccer Federation, FIFA and other organizations.
