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NEWS ABOUT: child safety

child safety stories: 5 news summaries

Wandering Kids' Parents Get High-Tech Help

GPS, alarms, other safety measures can't top common sense

Jun 22, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 90% of families lose their kids briefly in public places, and more and more are turning to new methods of preventing major mishaps, the Baltimore Sun reports. Some parents track kids with GPS; others use watches that give off loud alarms. Lower-tech temporary tattoos that show parents’ phone numbers... More »

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parenting • children • tattoos • GPS • child safety • parental supervision

Interview

Calm Down,
Your Kids Are Perfectly Safe

Writer/mom says parents worry, hover way too much

May 4, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - With a constant barrage of news stories and TV shows highlighting child abductions and murders, it may seem like a supremely dangerous time to be a kid. But don't believe the media, says Lenore Skenazy, the author of Free-Range Kids. In an interview with Salon, she explains why children today... More »

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parenting • children • abduction • author • child safety • book • cable news • Lenore Skenazy

Boy Dies 9 Years After Disneyland Ride Tragedy

Accident triggered
investigation and new
safety features

Jan 27, 09 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A boy seriously injured in a Disneyland ride has died 9 years after the accident, reports the Los Angeles Times. Brandon Zucker suffered severe brain damage and never recovered after he was crushed in a Roger Rabbit ride as a 4-year-old. A state agency determined operators failed to fasten a... More »

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Los Angeles • injury • amusement parks • accident • child safety • Disneyland

 Philly Lets Students
 Leave Perilous Schools

Officials say reports of violence are rising, not the incidence of crime.

Aug 28, 08 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty schools in Philadelphia are so “persistently dangerous” that the state is giving students the right to go elsewhere, reports the Inquirer. This figure is nearly double last year’s and includes a bump from one middle school to six, according to a list released yesterday by the Pennsylvania... More »

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Philadelphia • child safety • public schools

Feds to Porn Stars: What's
Your Sign?

DoJ wants records of birthdates to keep minors out of skin flicks

Aug 20, 07 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department wants to catalog America's porn collection, but not for the reason you might think—the feds say they're making sure minors aren't finding their way onto adult-film sets. The anti-exploitation move would require producers to turn over actors' real names, stage names, and birthdates, the New York ... More »

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Department of Justice • pornography • children • First Amendment • adult films • child safety

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