Recent Articles in Safety
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Free Range Kids Campaign
Nov 13, 2012
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Survey reveals that more than half parents questioned believe that lowering speed limits would help children exercise more.
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Keep children safe online
Sep 8, 2012
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Andrew Wild, chief security officer of cybersecurity company Qualys, offers these top tips for parents to share with their children and keep them safe online.
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Britax TRIFIX - their safest car seat yet
May 16, 2012
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In a league of its own, the new sleekly designed TRIFIX seat is universally approved for use in any car with ISOFIX and Top Tether anchorage points. TRIFIX is the first seat to feature a revolutionary ISOFIX + installation system providing complete and unrivalled protection for your little one. Harriet Coates tried it out for Parenting Without Tears.
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Safer Internet Day 2012
Feb 7, 2012
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Safer Internet Day calls on families to discover the digital world together. The UK Safer Internet Centre is a partnership of three leading charitable organisations, Childnet International, the South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Take the Internet safety IQ test to see how clued up you and your children are.
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Inflatable Car Booster Seat - BubbleBum v2
Nov 4, 2011
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Having a travel booster seat has made life easier for Hazel Bothma who tested out the award-winning Bubblebum (v2) inflatable car seat for PWT.
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BRITAX Jockey Comfort – child bike seat
Aug 6, 2011
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Have child, will travel. Olivia Coates has been trying out the BRITAX Jockey Comfort child bike seat and as you can imagine from a company which prides itself on safety and comfort, this seat rates highly on both scores.
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National Water Safety Awareness Week
Jun 18, 2011
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The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) has announced that !8 to 25 June 2011 is the first ever National Water Safety Awareness Week. The week will highlight the importance of staying safe in, on and around water and will celebrate the fantastic work that life saving clubs up and down the country are doing. Plus Parenting Without Tears has top water safety tips from RLSS UK.
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Tippitoes Extendable Non-Trip Safety Gate
Apr 13, 2011
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Safety gates can sometimes be a hazard in themselves if you have to step over the base – especially for the elderly and infirm. Anne Coates reviews the Tippitoes Extendable Non-Trip Safety Gate.
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Choosing car seats – top tips from Mark Bennett
Mar 12, 2011
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Nearly 70 per cent of parents still don't realise that their child seat may be fitted incorrectly. The best possible protection is only provided if you select the right system for your child and car and if all regulations and instructions for fitting the child car seats are properly compiled with and if the child itself is fastened into the seat correctly. Mark Bennett, Britax's Safety Expert, give his top tips for finding your perfect car seat.
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First Aid training
Feb 7, 2011
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Everyone should know some basic first aid and although we can get lots of useful information from books nothing beats a hands-on training course. Anne Coates attended a Basic First Aid and Emergency Life Support course run by St John Ambulance.
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Pedalite products for safe cycling
Dec 3, 2010
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Henry Burrroughs, a commuter cyclist, tried out Pedal Lights, Anklelites and Baglite on his journeys to and from work.
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Win a Baglite from Pedalite
Oct 7, 2010
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With the nights drawing in it's more important than ever to be seen whether you or your children are on foot or cycling. Parenting Without Tears has got together with Pedalite to offer four lucky readers a unique solar powered lighting system for their backpacks/ruscksacks.