Summer Safety and Health Tips

Keep your kids safe and healthy this summer season by learning about sun safety, fireworks, water safety, and avoiding insect bites.

Swimming – Staying Safe and Healthy

Many parents overlook the fact that kids can get sick from the germs in the water of pools, lakes, and water parks, etc. In addition to basic swimming safety, learn how taking some simple steps can help to keep your kids and everyone else safe and healthy while swimming.

Choosing an Insect Repellent

Review when you can start using an insect repellent on your kids and get help choosing an insect repellent that is safe and provides good protection against mosquito bites and other bugs.

Hidden Summer Dangers

Although you should make every effort to keep your kids safe year-round, it is especially important in the summer when most kids are out of school. Review these summer safety tips to help keep your kids safe this summer.

Sun Safety Quiz

Are you keeping your kids safe from the sun? Take our Sun Safety Parenting Quiz to see if you know everything you should to keep your kids safe from the harmful effects of the sun.

Kids in Hot Cars Alert

Review the hidden dangers of kids being left or getting trapped in hot cars, which can lead to heat stroke and death.
Swimmer’s Ear

Learn how to prevent and treat children with Swimmer’s Ear.

Avoiding Mosquitos and Mosquitoe Bites

Mosquitos and Mosquitoe are common misspellings for mosquitoes and mosquito.

Fireworks Safety

Although fireworks are a summer tradition for many families, injuries from fireworks don’t have to be if you follow these fireworks safety tips.
Summer Safety Quiz

Take our Summertime Safety Quiz to test your knowledge of summer safety, including water and fireworks safety and using sunscreen and insect repellents safely.

Summer Safety Primer – Keep Your Kids Safe During Summertime

A primer to help you keep your kids safe this summer, including helping you learn about avoiding sunburn, insect bites and stings, treating poison ivy, heat illness, and poisonings.

Avoiding and Treating Sunburn

Learn what you can do to avoid and treat sunburns in your children, including limiting sun exposure and using sunscreen.
Poisoning in Children

Learn to avoid accidental poisonings this summer, including those caused by kids who accidentally ingest sunscreens, berries, cleaning solvents, insect repellents, pesticides, plants and mushrooms, and hydrocarbons in the form of gasoline, kerosene, and charcoal fluid.

Chiggers

Review how to avoid chiggers and treat chigger bites, which are common in late spring, summer, and early fall.
Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac

Learn what you can do to prevent and treat rashes caused by exposure to poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac.
Bites From Mosquitoes and Ticks

Review what you can do to avoid bites from mosquitoes and ticks and avoid illnesses like Lyme disease and the West Nile Virus.
Avoiding Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion

Learn to avoid and treat heat illness and heat exhaustion.
Avoiding Foodborne Poisoning in the Summer

Review the basics of preventing food poisoning during the summer at picnics parties and family cookouts.
Avoiding Burns From Fireworks and Grills

Learn to avoid burns from fireworks and barbecue grills.
Avoiding Bee Stings

Learn what you can do to avoid and treat bee stings, including how to get the stinger out.
Summertime Safety Guide

Summertime hazards can pose risks to your children’s health and safety. Learn to take precautions to protect your kids and promote water, sun and fireworks safety.

Summer Safety Tips

For many people, summer means fun in the sun. The kids are out of school, adults are on vacation and it’s time for outdoor activities like riding bikes and hosting barbecues. However, summer also is the time of year kids are most likely to be injured

Fireworks Safety
Fireworks safety is important because fireworks can be dangerous, causing serious burn and eye injuries, even blindness. Learn to prevent

fireworks related injuries by leaving fireworks to professionals and learn state regulations concerning the use of fireworks.

Sun Safety for Your Kids
When can I start using sunscreen on my baby to protect her from the sun?
Pool Safety Tips for Parents

Pool Safety tips to prevent drownings in your children and promote water safety when swimming around pools and spas, plus info on diving safety.

Insect Repellents with DEET for Kids
Answers to your questions about the use of insect repellents with DEET on your kids to protect them from mosquitoes and other insects.

Food Safety in the Summer

Foodborne illness and food poisoning do increase in the summer months, when the weather is warmer, allowing bacteria to grow faster, andmore people are having picnics, barbecues and camping trips. Learn food safety tips to keep your children safe this summer.

Don’t Let the Bugs Bite

Tips for treating and avoiding insect bites.
Kids’ Travel Health Requirements

We are planning a missionary trip to Guatemala this summer. Do my kids need any special shots or medications before we leave?
Summer Time Infections

Summertime infections can be caused by viruses, food poisoning, mosquito and tick borne illnesses. Learn simple precautions that can help your children to have a safe, fun and infection free summer.

Strattera for ADHD in the Summer
Should your continue your child’s ADHD medicine during the summer when he is out of school?

Summer Camps for Children with Disabilities
This is a guide to some of the directories and listings of summer camps available for children with disabilities.

ADHD Medicines During Summertime?

My 8 year old has ADHD, inattentive type and she is doing very well on Concerta. Does she need to continue taking her ADHD medicine all summer when she is out of school, or can I give her a break from it?