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Fire Safety and Prevention

‘Tis the season for a little fire safety and some prevention tips.

“Fire safety education is the first line of defense in reducing the number of fire related incidents. Targeting our school age children will hopefully instill key fire prevention behaviors that will carry over to future generations,” stated  Missouri state Fire Marshal Cole.”

The Home Safety Council offers these tips:

-Always stay in the kitchen while cooking.

-Keep things that can burn, such as dishtowels, paper or plastic bags, and curtains at least three feet away from the range top.

-Before cooking, roll up sleeves and use oven mitts. Loose-fitting clothes can touch a hot burner and catch on fire.

-Many young children are badly burned or die playing with matches and lighters.  Put them out of your child’s reach.

-If you must keep matches or lighters in your jacket or purse, put them in a place where children cannot see or touch them.

-Only light candles when an adult is in the room. Do not allow children to keep candles or incense in their rooms.

-Blow out candles when adults leave the room.

There are a few sites out there to promote fire safety to your children:

FireSafety.gov for kids

Kids room for New York

Fire Safety For Kids

SmokeyBear.com

Kid Tips

Arthur’s Safety Tips

Proof Positivity: On The Science Beat

My Little Runaway

“Reporting in the current edition of the Journal of Research on Adolescence, Norweeta G. Milburn, a research psychologist in the department of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, and colleagues found that most homeless young people actually return home soon after they leave and, in terms of development as adolescents, are possibly less chronically troubled than their reputation may indicate.”

Apparently, the key to returning a runaway home is support.  Friends in school that are close just someone to talk to in general.  More than two- thirds of the runaways return home.  One- third of those who run away does have to do with some form of abuse in the home.

“Parents of adolescents who become long-term homeless often have a history of substance use and physical abuse that lessens their ability to parent effectively and increases the propensity for conflict,”

The mother of these children play an important role.   Support from the mother seems to urge homeless children back home.  This is a very good reason to build a strong relationship with your child when he/ she is young.

If you or someone you know is a runaway here is a site for you National Runaway Switchboard and their phone number  1-800-786-2929.

Proof Positivity: A Positive Editorial

In The News Today

I began my day watching the news.   Just because I work with the positive doesn’t mean I’m blind to the world around me.  Anyhow, death and mayhem were main topics.  My children were watching what was on the TV.   I said to myself   “I can’t allow my kids  to view this.  The news just isn’t child appropriate.  If I allow them to watch this I may as well allow them to watch Desperate Housewives too.

The things on this site come from various sources press releases, interviews, and even the news.  I generally watch NBC’s Making a difference series online because of the violence the regular news has.

So, there you have it.  This is the main reason I produce this site,  the news is not child friendly.    It offers no solution to any problem.  If anything it is an open door leading to depression.   It helps no one unless they are highlighting a service for other people and that will never be breaking news.

Here the good stuff is always welcome.  Want to pat someone on the back feel free.  Congrats again Benny and Kelly.  If you have missed the string of online magazine posts and social media sites, Kelly and Benny are getting married.   Hmmm… that would be an awesome Valentine’s day post.

I need to stop rambling and get on with this weeks blog posts.  So, enjoy!