What should parents know about fall sports safety? Fall sports pre-season begins in August — the hottest part of summer, when athletes are least acclimatized to the heat. Exertional heat illness is the leading cause of preventable death in high school athletics, and 100% of exertional heat stroke deaths in football occur during conditioning, not […]
What are the “100 Deadliest Days”? The “100 Deadliest Days” is the stretch from Memorial Day to Labor Day when fatal crashes involving teen drivers spike. AAA’s review of NHTSA crash data shows that more than 13,100 people died in crashes involving teen drivers from 2019 to 2023, with over 30% of those deaths occurring […]
How does the summer childcare gap affect working parents? The school year runs about 180 days. Most full-time jobs run 260. Working parents are left to close that 10–12 week gap every summer. The 2026 Modern Family Index (Bright Horizons/Harris Poll, n=2,030) found that 90% of working parents lose sleep over summer childcare planning, 87% […]
How can you prevent drowning? Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1–4 in the United States and the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for children ages 5–14 (CDC). Over 4,500 Americans drown each year (CDC, 2020–2022). Drowning happens fast and silently — it rarely looks like the movies. CDC […]
