K-12: Safety Clothing

Keeping your child safe is a major priority for parents. Here we have many excellent articles that will help parents protect their K-12 children. Unlike the other areas at KidSource, we're not rating these articles individually because we think they all are important. The K-12 categories are:

• General
• At Home
• Clothing
• Poisoning
• Recreation, Travel and Holidays

We suggest that you also refer to the Product Recall Notices and to our overall list of Safety articles.

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Safety Calendar - A Month of Activities This great calendar has 30 things you can do to safeguard your family. We're all so busy, that we tend to postpone taking these basic steps. This calendar will help by defining discrete and often small things that you can do that could make a big difference in protecting your family. Check it out today!

Accidents With Coin-Operated Washer/Extractor The Consumer Product Safety Commission warns both consumers and laundry operators that it is aware of injuries associated with the use and operation of coin-operated self-service heavy duty front-loading washers and washer/extractors found in commercial laundry establishments used by the public.

Guidelines For Drawstrings On Children's Outerwear These guidelines are issued to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled in the neck and waist drawstrings of upper outerwear garments, such as jackets and sweatshirts. Drawstrings on children's clothing are a hidden hazard that can lead to deaths and injuries when they catch on such items as playground equipment, bus doors, or cribs

Death Spurs Effort To Release Guidelines For Drawstrings On Children's Jackets And Sweatshirts This is the news release for the Guidelines For Drawstrings On Children's Outerwear article.