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Parents Book of Child Safety (Parents magazine childcare series) [Mass Market Paperback]

David Laskin (Author)


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Parents magazine childcare series
Safety is the first concern in the minds of new parents, and it's a concern that deepens as a child moves out into a wider world. This informative,easy-to-use book takes you step-by-step through all the essentials of child safety, from furnishing the nursery to preparing your first-grader for safe travel to and from school. Most important, it offers detailed advice on how to teach children at each stage of development the habits and attitudes they will need to keep themselves safe.

Based on the latest research, as well as extensive interviews with parents, the Parents "TM" Book of Child Safety will show you how to:
-- Childproof every room in your house anti every part of your yard
-- Instruct children about safety without scaring them.
-- Buy the safest cribs, strollers, high chairs, and toys on the market.
-- Choose a safe day-care center or preschool
-- Give first-aid for the most common emergencies
-- Travel safely in cities, foreign countries, and on camping trips.
-- Know when your child is ready to cross the street, ride a bus, ride a bike unattended
-- And much more.

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Safety is the first concern in the minds of new parents, and it's a concern that deepens as a child moves out into a wider world. This informative,easy-to-use book takes you step-by-step through all the essentials of child safety, from furnishing the nursery to preparing your first-grader for safe travel to and from school. Most important, it offers detailed advice on how to teach children at each stage of development the habits and attitudes they will need to keep themselves safe.

Based on the latest research, as well as extensive interviews with parents, the Parents "TM" Book of Child Safety will show you how to:
-- Childproof every room in your house anti every part of your yard
-- Instruct children about safety without scaring them.
-- Buy the safest cribs, strollers, high chairs, and toys on the market.
-- Choose a safe day-care center or preschool
-- Give first-aid for the most common emergencies
-- Travel safely in cities, foreign countries, and on camping trips.
-- Know when your child is ready to cross the street, ride a bus, ride a bike unattended
-- And much more.


Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 115 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st edition (November 13, 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345351045
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345351043
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,820,427 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Laskin was born in New York in 1953 and educated at Harvard College and New College, Oxford. For the past twenty-five years, Laskin has written books and articles on a wide range of subjects including history, weather, travel, gardens and the natural world. His most recent book, The Children's Blizzard, won the Washington State Book Award and the Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award for Nonfiction. Laskin's other titles include Braving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather, Partisans: Marriage, Politics and Betrayal Among the New York Intellectuals, A Common Life: Four Generations of American Literary Friendship and Influence, and Artists in their Gardens (co-authored with Valerie Easton). A frequent contributor to The New York Times Travel Section, Laskin also writes for the Washington Post, the Seattle Times, and Seattle Metropolitan. He and his wife Kate O'Neill, the parents of three grown daughters, live in Seattle with their two sweet old dogs.

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