Archive for the ‘Safety First’ Category

More and more resources are emerging to help consumers shop for clothing and textile products that are produced in a sustainable and healthful way…in other words, good for the environment, good for the people who grow the materials and make the things we buy, and good for consumer safety and health. This post shares links to two guides that are examples of this – one touches on organic cotton production, the other on child labor.

A recent study found that when children are not dressed for the weather or for active play it limits a child care center’s ability to involve kids in physical activity. Learn more about how the clothing your child wears affects the amount of play and outside time they get at school or day care.

Kids In Danger (KID), an advocacy group whose mission is to protect children by improving children’s product safety, just released their annual study for 2009: The Year of the Nursery Product Recall.

Read more about children’s clothing recalls findings described in the report.

Information on drawstring-related hazards on children’s upper outwear.

It’s back to school time and clothing and shoes aren’t the only things you need to make sure fit your child well and last through the school year. Backpack fit and durability are just as important.