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Don't Panic: Teenagers Stranded Alone in Airports Will Live

Stephanie Knaak | Posted 03.20.2013 | Canada Travel
Read More: Flight Delays, Airport Security, Air Canada, Modern Parenting, Child Safety, Air Canada Steve Cunningham, 13 Year Old Alone at Airport, Canada Travel News
Stephanie Knaak

The boy -- while certainly inconvenienced and perhaps disconcerted about being on his own in an airport at night -- was safe. It's not by definition a traumatic or "bad" thing for kids to be exposed to uncomfortable situations every now and again, or to be subject to something outside of their comfort zone.

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Are We Childhood-Proofing Our Kids?

Yummy Mummy Club | Posted 02.23.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Playground, Playground Proofing, Parenting, Safe Playgrounds, Child Safety, Playgrounds, Kids and Safety, Over Parenting, Overbearing Parents, Helicopter Parenting, Canada Living News
Yummy Mummy Club

Into every childhood there must fall some skinned knees. Some bumps and bruises and yes, maybe even some crutches. The "be carefuls" I hear in the park make my heart sink a bit. When we set our little ones down in the sand, should we check for choking hazards or should we should hand them a shovel and tell them to dig to Middle Earth?

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How To Prevent Your Kids From Being Poisoned Under Your Own Roof

CP | Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.04.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Kids Safety, Video, Cp, Safe Proofing Your House, Children Safety, Healthy Competition, Kids Poison, Preventing Kids Poison, Kids' Safety, Slideexpand, Safety in the Home, Child Safety, Canada Living News

TORONTO - After Selina Esteves put her son Hudson to bed one evening and had gone downstairs to help his older brother with homework, she was somewhat...

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Think About The Children, Paediatricians Say

CP | Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.02.2013 | Canada
Read More: Pediatricians, Cp, Healthy Competition, Paediatricans Canada, Health Care Canada, Doctors Canada, Child Safety, Child Health, Children's Health Canada, Canada News

TORONTO - Canada's federal, provincial and territorial governments should be doing more to promote the health and safety of children and youth, says t...

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School Bans Balls

The Huffington Post Canada | Ron Nurwisah | Posted 11.17.2011 | Canada
Read More: School Bans Balls, Kids Playing, Recess, Earl Beatty Public School, Toronto School, Kids Activity, School Ball Ban, Tdsb, Child Safety, Child Activity, Canada News

Correction: The spelling of St. Catharine's, Ontario was incorrect, that error has now been fixed. Toronto's Earl Beatty Public School took an extr...

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