Gun Safety Guide

By Robert Robillard

Protect Your Children – Gun Safety From Vincent Iannelli, M.D., Most parents are concerned about the safety of their children and do their best to provide them with a safe environment, including using car seats, seat belts, life preservers, bicycle helmets, and gates on stairs, etc. Too many parents forget about gun safety though. Firearms…

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Halloween Costumes And Safety Tips

By Robert Robillard

Halloween Safety For Kids: Everyone wants to have a safe and happy Halloween for their kids. Taking a few steps towards ensuring that your kids enjoy this night is worth the effort.   Using a few Halloween Costume And Safety tips and some common sense can help you make the most of your Halloween season. Halloween…

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House Fire Plan

By Robert Robillard

House Fires ~ Have A Plan! Most house fires happen between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. Which means you’re likely to be asleep, making it that much more important that you know how to save yourself and your family since you won’t have much time to plan your escape.  Do you have a house fire…

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Self Defense Training For Girls

By Robert Robillard

Image: www.womensself–defenseandempowerment Rape Aggression Defense In Concord, MA I feel that self defense training for girls should be a gym requirement for all teens.  This post is about the Rape Aggression Defense [R.A.D] program in Concord, Massachusetts. R.A.D. stands for Rape Aggression Defense System is a program of basic, realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for…

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Teaching Moments

By Robert Robillard

Sending The Right Message with Kids “Never” and “Always.” Are We Sending the Right Message? photo by Grand Jury Never Say Never AT WORK: On the job site I’ve done unsafe things to get the job done.  Things like step on the top step of a step ladder, free hand table saw cuts and blow…

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Installing A Pool Safety Cover

By Robert Robillard

Pool Safety cover If you have an in ground pool that you close in the Fall and Winter then installing a pool safety cover makes sense. A safety cover is a mesh or solid vinyl cover that is secured along the perimeter of the pool with adjustable straps.  these straps secure to  anchors that are…

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Child Internet Activity

By Robert Robillard

Image: http://www.thatsnotcool.com/CalloutCards.aspx Tips to Keep Your Children and Teens Safer When Using Social Networking Sites 1. Discuss the dangers and possible repercussions of inappropriate posting with your child.2. Come to a mutual agreement of what they will be allowed to do online3. Enable Internet filtering features if they are available from your Internet service Provider.…

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Child Proofing Your Home

By Robert Robillard

Child poisonings are most common in children between ages 3 and 5.   Photo:  ADAM.com This is part one of a five part child safety tip series. Keeping our kids safe is a priority of mine.  Child proofing your home can bring us to feelings of safety but when there are infants and toddlers present…

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