From injury prevention to food safety concerns, from environmental hazards to childproofing advice, The Panic-Proof Parent is the essential reference book for every parent. In a text that is both empowering and reassuring. Debra Smiley Holtzman uses her personal and professional experiences to present the nuts and bolts of creating and maintaining a safer family lifestyle. "An excellent reference guide for parents and caregivers on about every safety and health issue and topic imaginable that concerns children." -- Patricia Pulte, MS, ED, manager, Youth Safety Programs National Safety Council "A significant addition to the literature covering child safety and precautions. The Panic-Proof Parent can save your child's life! Buy it! Read it! Keep it on hand for easy reference." -- Lawrence Lottenberg, MD, FACS, director, Trauma and Critical Care, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital; chairman, Florida State Committee on Trauma "Parenting is a tough job, but The Panic-Proof Parent is a friend in your corner." -- Elizabeth Hauge Sword, executive director, Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC) "An extraordinarily practical reference that will be of inestimable value to anybody responsible for the care of small children." -- J. J. Tepas III, MD, pediatric trauma surgeon, chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health Science Center "A must for every parent's reference library. . . . A comprehensive guide that provides important information that will help you keep your children safe and healthy." -- Wendy Mast, PhD, associate dean, Family and School Center, Nova Southeastern University Debra Smiley Holtzman is a nationally recognized safety advocate, an attorney, and a safety and health consultant. She has a master's degree in occupational health and safety and has been featured in print and on radio and television. Holtzman lives in Hollywood, Florida, with her husband and two children.
Debra Holtzman is an internationally acclaimed child safety and health expert, an award-winning parenting author, and a busy mom. She has a law degree, an M.A. in occupational health and safety, a B.A. in communications and over fifteen years experience in the child safety and health field. She was named an "Everyday Hero" by Reader's Digest and a "Woman Making a Difference" by Family Circle Magazine.
Debra has made hundreds of media appearances including NBC's Today Show, Weekend Today, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, Dateline NBC, The Daily Buzz, ABC Morning News, MSNBC, CNBC, Martha Stewart Living Radio, Washington Post, People, Parents Magazine, Us magazine, Star Magazine and USA Weekend Magazine. She was the official on-camera baby safety expert for the popular weekly Discovery Health series, "Make Room for Baby". Debra is the author of three published child health and safety/parenting books and is regularly quoted in newspapers, magazines and blogs throughout the world.
She is the Honorary Co-Chair of the Florida Safe Kids Coalition, a certified child passenger safety technician, and teaches infant and toddler safety, CPR and Sibling classes at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida.
Debra lives in South Florida with her husband, two children and dog.
Please visit her online at www.TheSafetyExpert.com
