Guidance for Parents
Helpful Links
- Healthy Children.org: Families are much more than groups of individuals. They have their own goals and aspirations. They also are places where every child and adult should feel that he or she is special and be encouraged to pursue his or her own dreams; a place where everyone's individuality is permitted to flourish.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway, Leaving Your Child Home Alone
- Child Care Aware, Is Your Child Ready to Stay Home Alone?
Publications
Most of the publications listed below are also available in Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic on our website.- Babies Sleep Safest Alone Brochure
- Help Prevent Child Abuse Pub. 5056
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe: Safe to Sleep Pub. 5008
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe: Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) Pub. 5004
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Pub. 5006
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Pub. 5005
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Child Safe: In or Around Vehicles Pub. 5036
- Helpful Tips to Keep Your Child Safe: Safe at Play Pub. 5035
- Keeping Sleeping Babies Safer Pub. 5002 (266k)
- New York Loves Safe Babies Resource List Pub. 5031 (PDF 50k)
- Personalized Safety Tips and Emergency Contact Sheet for Baby Sitters Pub. 5047 (PDF 168k)
- Safety Factors Guide Pub. 5079
