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I used to read stories about near-drownings (or worse) every summer and think, "I'm so glad that didn't happen to me." Then it did.
I always watched my kids, so I thought I was safe. Then, last summer, I found my toddler unconscious at the bottom of a hot tub, and I realized just how quickly a child can drown.
I wanted to share this so other parents can learn from what happened to us.
This is our story.
Well, this is disappointing. The folks at Lifehacker(link is external) have put together a list of traffic myths(link is external), many of which I firmly believed in, and completely debunked them. Apparently "going with the flow" is not actually good driving advice, no matter what my poorly informed driver's ed instructor told me.
In a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health(link is external), researchers with the University of Washington’s school of pharmacy(link is external) found that taking the sleeping pills, such as Ambien and Restoril, can double a person’s risk of being in a car crash.
Raise for Rowyn - Non-profit foundation providing financial assistance to families in the Tenino area who have lost a child(link is external)
There are few driving scenarios scarier than attempting to pass a truck on a two-lane highway. When you’re in a car behind a semi, it feels impossible to know for sure when it’s safe to attempt to overtake a giant vehicle hauling tons of cargo, no matter how straight the road or time of day. It always feels like a gamble, which is why the news this week from Samsung is so exciting.