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How’s your summer going? I think there’s something magical about suspending schedules, changing eating habits and creating family adventures. With my “bonus son” on board for a few weeks, we are savoring the fresh produce dinners, late night movies, family workouts and planning a few more day trips. It’s bliss.<\/p>\n

Sometimes summer is not so blissful. Poison ivy, sunburns, and bike mishaps can interfere with a family vacation. And don’t get me started about the fire ants — yikes! Maybe it’s time to think about summer safety.<\/p>\n

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Prevention and preparation are key to keeping kids safe and healthy enough to make some magical summer memories. \u00a0Here are a few places for moms and dads to brush up on their family safety prep — and the hope that you’ll never need the information.<\/p>\n

Please share some of your favorite summer vacation wellness tips or resources in the comments below? Thanks.<\/p>\n

Parents’ Guide to First Aid<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Summer Weather Safety & Survival<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Teach Your Kid Well: Bicycle Safety Issues<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

How to Teach Young Kids to Swim<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

p.s. Have you visited the Resources for Parents<\/a> section of this website? Are there other topics you’d like to see included there? Comment below to make a suggestion.<\/p>\n

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How’s your summer going? I think there’s something magical about suspending schedules, changing eating habits and creating family adventures. With my “bonus son” on board for a few weeks, we are savoring the fresh produce dinners, late night movies, family workouts and planning a few more day trips. It’s bliss. Sometimes summer is not so blissful. Poison ivy, sunburns, and bike mishaps can interfere with a family vacation. And don’t get me started about the fire ants — yikes! Maybe it’s time to think about summer safety. [Tweet “Prevention and preparation are key to keeping kids safe and healthy…”] Prevention and preparation are key to keeping kids safe and healthy enough to make some magical summer memories. \u00a0Here are a few places for moms and dads to brush up on their family safety prep — and the hope that you’ll never need the information. Please share some of your favorite summer vacation wellness tips or resources in the comments below? Thanks. Parents’ Guide to First Aid Summer Weather Safety & Survival Teach Your Kid Well: Bicycle Safety Issues How to Teach Young Kids to Swim p.s. Have you visited the Resources for Parents section of this website? Are there other topics you’d like to see included there? Comment below to make a suggestion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parenting","category-special-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10059"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=10059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}