Nothing can be more distressing to a new parent than not knowing how to help when baby is sick. This program gives clear demonstrations of how to take an infant's temperature using a digital thermometer and how to measure and give prescription medication.

This program teaches parents how to select and properly use the car seats they'll need as their child grows from newborn through toddler size. With car crashes being the number one cause of death for children aged two and up - largely due to the lack or improper use of a car seat or seat belt - the information shown here is vital for children's car-riding safety. This video demonstrates infant-only, convertible, and toddler seats. To learn about car-seat...

Becoming a clever consumer begins with developing some fundamentals: a realistic understanding of personal needs and wants, alertness for tricky advertising and outright scams, knowledge of how to shop online securely, and awareness of consumer law and how it can be of assistance. In this video, Christopher Zinn, media spokesperson for CHOICE Magazine - the Australian equivalent of Consumer Reports - offers valuable insights into making smarter purchasing...

This first-ever study aims to help in developing improved child helmets.

Because teenagers have sources of income too, it's increasingly important for every young adult to master basic banking skills. That's where Checks and Balances comes in. This informative, practical, and entertaining video covers the fundamentals of checking and bank accounts, such as filling out a check correctly, maintaining a checkbook register, and reconciling a bank statement. In addition, the video presents various banking techniques, including...

Get smart or get stung! This ABC News program gives new meaning to "let the buyer beware" as it exposes things that some advertisers, restaurant proprietors, and dentists would rather people didn't know about-like misleading before-and-after photos, questionable charges on the dinner bill, and risks associated with dental veneers. Ways to frustrate credit card/ATM thieves are also examined, as are approaches to dealing with legal but sneaky tactics...

Several thousand seemingly healthy babies die in their sleep each year. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is one of the leading causes of death in infants. This program explores what is known about SIDS and examines some practices that may reduce risk factors. Physicians and other health experts discuss appropriate prenatal care and examine child sleeping positions, parental smoking, and other factors. Although significant advances have been made in the...

A parking lot at night, a lonely cash machine, a questionable Internet chat room: for muggers, stalkers, and other criminals, these are ideal hunting grounds for potential victims. Filmed in a compelling question-and-answer format involving law enforcement officers and a diverse group of adults, this no-nonsense program suggests safety protocols to use with cars, ATMs, elevators, the Internet, and the telephone; when exercising outdoors; and in the...

First, call 911. This program shows viewers how to respond to common medical emergencies while waiting for professional help to arrive. With demonstrations and commentary from an experienced paramedic throughout, each section describes trauma situations or symptoms of distress and the best way to address them. The video also includes relevant advice on topics such as giving yourself the Heimlich maneuver, using an epi-pen on someone having an allergic...

A vast number of accidents, many resulting in injury or even death, occur in and around the home. This program describes the main types of harmful accidents that can take place in a residence and how the ensuing injuries should be treated. Viewers learn specific steps for what to do in a household emergency, including how to perform the DRABCD procedure and how to deal with burns, scalds, electrocution, cuts, laceration, bleeding, poisoning, and overdoses....