Go-karts can be an exciting and adventurous experience for your thrill-seeking kid, but they can also be very dangerous. Simply put, a go-kart accident, even with proper safety equipment, rarely results in zero injuries. Below are the types of injuries that typically result from go-kart accidents, listed in order of seriousness: Loss of limb, traumatic head or brain injuries, ocula…

It’s all fun and games until someone falls off the monkey bars. Not surprisingly, most injuries that take place at school and daycare facilities happen on the playground. Children get let out for recess to let off some steam, and sometimes that can lead to a game of rough housing being taken a little too far. Most of the time injuries on the playgroundinjuries on the playground are harmless…

It’s some people’s worst fear. You strap yourself in, and hear the clicking of the gears as your ride’s car gets pulled higher and higher up the hill. Then, as you start to slow down, just before you roll over the hill, the anticipation rises. You wait for the ride to speed up, to plummet at top speeds towards the ground at almost a 90-degree angle, but for one long, agonizing pause, you wonder…

A tractor-trailer crossed a highway median, veered into oncoming traffic and crashed into the side of a North Central Texas College softball team’s bus, killing four young girls and injuring a dozen others. Three of the girls died on impact. One died at a nearby hospital. Two other players are still in the hospital, one in critical condition. The rest of the 15 players were treated released. T…

The loss of any child is a tragedy, and this pain is always felt worst by the parents of the child who was lost. Many parents find that their mind is filled with an ever-changing rush of feelings and emotions that can be difficult to cope with. While nothing can replace the child who was lost, there are facts parents should know that can give some level of comfort during their time of mourning…

Let me tell you a story about a young boy named Anthony. He just learned how to get up and down the stairs without holding his mother’s hand. Climbing the stairs on his own is about the best thing in his life right now, and he’s quite the boaster about it. Today, Anthony is at his friend’s house for a play date. The friend’s father recently got laid off at work, though of course the children don…