Daycare safety is making sure that children are always safe.

Safety of the children is important within the daycare as well as in the immediate vicinity.

Treating and Preventing Lice in Daycare and Preschool Part 1

August 9, 2010

Tweet Tweet Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a clinical report saying parents can send their children to school with lice. This report is of importance to anyone working with children and especially daycare business owners. In our two-part interview, The Lice Lady of Westchester, Anna Albano-Krosche, details important information for daycare centers about [...]

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Indoor Summer Activities and Sun Safety for Daycare Centers

June 25, 2010

Tweet Tweet Infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children are at greater risk for heat related conditions like dehydration and heat exhaustion so it is important to take the proper precautions. Daycare providers, preschool teachers, and parents must make careful decisions about when to let kids play outside and when to keep them indoors. Keeping Kids [...]

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Teaching Children about Safety: Child Safety tips

January 11, 2010

Tweet Tweet Owning a daycare business comes with great responsibility. Childcare jobs include the responsibility of teaching young children about strangers and personal safety. Helping children protect themselves is a joint effort of adults and children. Most of the responsibility is on the adult to protect the child. Childcare providers may educate parents about the [...]

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Authorization Forms your Daycare Business Must Implement

December 28, 2009

Tweet Tweet Each daycare business has its own individual policies and procedures. However, all daycare providers must issue standard childcare authorization forms in order to protect the children in their care as well as their daycare employees.  Daycare authorization forms keep the children in your care safe and limit your liability as a daycare provider. [...]

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Reduce the Risk of SIDS in your Daycare

December 9, 2009

Tweet Tweet Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is, according to the national Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center, “the sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history” (Willinger et [...]

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High Chair and Stroller Recalls

October 1, 2009

Tweet Tweet If your child care center cares for infants and toddlers, your number one priority must be to keep them safe by maintaining a secure and healthy environment.  High chairs and strollers can be extremely dangerous for young children if they are not built correctly. Infants and toddlers may be at risk of falling [...]

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Understanding Preschool Immunizations

September 16, 2009

Tweet Tweet One of the most important duties for those with jobs in childcare is to protect the health, safety and wellness of children in your care. Immunizations make daycare centers and preschools a healthy place to learn and grow. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, vaccines help keeping children safe by protecting communities [...]

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Avoid Choking Hazards and Allergic Reactions in Toddlers: Worst Foods for Toddlers

September 4, 2009

Tweet Tweet As a child day care center owner, your first order of duty is to keep the children in your care safe. Within the scope of child safety, your daycare business must consider which foods are potentially dangerous to small children. Toddlers are at risk for choking and severe allergic reactions caused by food. [...]

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Child Care Safety: Recent Crib Recalls

September 3, 2009

Tweet Tweet If your child care center cares for infants, your number one priority must be to keep children safe by maintaining a secure and healthy environment. On the list of child care equipment that may be extremely dangerous for young children are cribs for infants. Infants may be at risk of entrapment, suffocation, strangulation, [...]

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How to choose A Daycare For Your Child

August 11, 2009

Tweet Tweet One of the biggest and most major decisions that a responsible parent will ever have to make is which daycare they will leave their children at. It is best that the daycare provider will take care of your child as close as you have. It is a fact that all daycares can not [...]

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