Child Safety
Learn how to keep your kids safe wherever they are--on the playground, in the car, at school, and around the house or farm.
UF/IFAS Publications
- Agricultural Safety and Children
- Back-to-School Food Safety
- Children Being Sexually Solicited Online
- Dealing with Venomous Snakes in Florida School Yards (series)
- Keeping Teens Out of Summer Trouble!
- Missing Children, Part 1: Incidences and Characteristics of Runaway Children and Resources Available to Them
- Missing Children, Part 2: Kidnapped and Abducted Children and Resources Available to Parents and the Community
- Sun Safety for Babies and Children
- Teens & Internet Safety
Other Sites & Publications
- ATV Safety Packet--National Ag Safety Database
- Childproofing Your Home: 12 Safety Devices to Protect Your Children--U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (pdf)
- The Facts about Young Worker Safety and Health--CDC
- Home Swimming Pool Safety--National Safety Council (pdf)
- How Safe is Your Local Playground? Parent Checklist
- Prevent Child In-Home Drowning Deaths--U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Safety Tips for Buying and Using Home Play Equipment--Consumer Federation of America (pdf)
- SunWise Kids--EPA
- Swim Diapers and Swim Pants--CDC
- Tanning Hazards--FDA
- Tanning Taboo--Nemours Foundation
- ToxMystery: What's Wrong in This Room?--U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Transportation Safety Tips for Children
- Water Safety--National Safety Council (pdf)
- When You're in the Sun, Choose Your Cover--CDC
- Return to Children
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
- Florida After School Enrichment Project
- Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
- School IPM
- Young Investor Program
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- FirstGov for Kids
- Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)
- National Institutes of Health
- Nutrition.gov
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Administration for Children and Families
Other University Sites
- Children's Nutrition Research Center--Baylor College of Medicine
- Children, Youth and Family Consortium--University of Minnesota
Organizations & Associations
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Pregnancy Association
- American Public Health Association
- International Parenting Association
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Even Start
- National PTA
Other Sites & Publications
- Child Care Aware
- CYFERnet
- Florida Electronic Library
- National Black Child Development Institute
- National Child Care Information Center
- National Fatherhood Intiative
- National Network for Child Care
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
- Parents as Teachers National Center
- USAA Educational Foundation
