How To Keep Your Pet Safe In An Emergency
It’s so easy to overlook our companion animals when we’re planning for emergencies. Time and again, we see news stories of animals that were left behind to weather natural disasters on their own. Many of such animals don’t fare well and it’s often a huge source of...
How to prepare for a hurricane
Hurricanes are one of the most devastating forces in Mother Nature’s arsenal. It’s almost like a combination all of nature’s elemental fury in one catastrophic yet awe inspiring package. Damage to life and property from hurricanes are caused by the winds, storm surge,...
How to protect your family during an earthquake
Earthquakes are unpredictable events. They can cause tsunamis, landslides, fires and lots of damage to property. Earthquakes are caused by the movement of huge bodies of rock deep within the earth’s surface. In the US, California, Alaska, Oregon, Hawaii, Utah,...
How To Pack An Emergency Kit
Your emergency kit, aka disaster kit, bug-out bag or go-bag, is an essential part of your emergency plan. Depending on how well you’ve stocked yours, your chances of faring well in a disaster can be high or low. However, you tip the scales in your favor when you’ve...
How To Identify Online Child Predators
Knowing how to tell if one is dealing with a predator is key to avoid falling for their deceit. Although it isn’t necessarily the first step to protecting your child from online predators, it’s important for a couple of reasons. One reason is that it’ll provide you...
How To Protect Your Child From Online Predators
It’s no longer news that child predators have taken to plying their dirty trade online. The perpetrators of the despicable act of child predation take advantage of the anonymity that the internet provides. And hide behind false avatars, profiles and persona to connect...
How To Make a Family Emergency Plan
Do you know what to do when a natural disaster strikes? Do the members of your family know where to go, who to call and what to prioritise when an emergency comes up? Your answers to these questions would be yes if you already have an emergency plan. If your answer is...
Signs Of A Child Predator or Child Molester
Most parents would readily agree that protecting their children from sexual abuse would be a lot easier if they only knew how to identify offenders before they struck. Sadly, child predators look a lot like everyone else; they’re not unkempt or sporting any special...
How To Identify Grooming
Grooming behavior is a series of calculated steps or moves made by sexual offenders to initiate sexually abusive relationships with their victims. It’s a process that can happen within a short time span or over an extended period of time. During the grooming process,...
How To Choose a Good Nanny
Balancing childcare with your career and social life can get really hard. For one, your child is important but so is your job because it provides the income with which to care your little one. There is also the benefit of work and a social life to your mental health...
WHAT DO I NEED TO BABY PROOF MY HOME?
As a new parent, your most important task is taking care of your baby. Babies require attention while being nursed, to protect them from harm like falling into harmful objects. Although your baby might not be crawling or walking...
Do Safety Shoes Expire?
When we go grocery shopping, we pay particular attention to expiry dates. We even tend to check our kitchen and pantries occasionally to ensure that our supplies don’t go to waste. This applies to many other personal, household and work supplies. Yet, not many people...