Posted on July 15, 2024 · 2 Comments
Last updated on October 23rd, 2024 at 03:58 pm
July 17, 2009
Can it possibly be 15 years since Pediatric Safety published its first story? It feels like just yesterday…yet so much has changed since then, and is continuing to change every day.
Back in 2009, our goal was to create a place where everyone who cares about children’s health and safety could get together to stay informed on all the topics that have the potential to affect them and the children in their care. We wanted to make a difference. It didn’t take long to realize that we couldn’t do it on our own.
So we reached out – to parents and doctors and nurses and emergency responders and teachers – to child safety experts around the world – and we asked them for help. And some truly amazing people stepped in to share the journey with us: a pediatrician, a character development and bullying prevention expert, a cybersafety specialist, a family dentist, an EMS safety expert, a child psychologist, a kids and canines specialist, a special needs parenting expert, and a food allergy specialist – all volunteered their time to help make this site a community where you can find answers and hopefully give answers to others when they need them.
We were also fortunate to be offered the opportunity to include NHS Choices articles on Pediatric Safety. NHS Choices is the UK’s biggest, most comprehensive health information website. The articles they have shared with us span the full range of child health and safety issues: from living with disabilities to surviving childhood bullying; from adoption and fostering to puberty and talking about sex; from asthma and allergies to health and fitness.
All told, Pediatric Safety has published almost TWO THOUSAND posts and over TWENTY THOUSAND tweets about child health and safety. And there is more to come, along with some major changes to the site, so please keep coming back and letting us know how we’re doing!
For now, we’d like you to invite you to join us as we celebrate our 15 Year Anniversary
We’re going to take a “look back” at the stories you’ve told us are your favorites – the ones you’ve told us have had the biggest impact on you and your family.
- Bronchiolitis or “Wheezy Bronchitis” and Kids
- Drowning: What Every Parent NEEDS to Know!
- Our Miracle Baby: Aidan’s Story of Surviving CDH
- Is it Too Young to Remove Wisdom Teeth at Age 13?
- In Memory of Noah…please watch your children around cars
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Finally we’d like to thank all of you who have taken this journey with us. At its heart, Pediatric Safety is a place where people can support each other – the village needed to raise a child. If we’ve been able to accomplish even a little of that, then this has been 15 years well spent. We look forward to sharing the days ahead. – with love and gratitude from all of us here at Pediatric Safety
Stefanie
Congratulations on making it 15 years. It’s so hard to believe its been that long. I remember well when you started, So honored to have been such a very small part of such a huge accomplishment.
Best to you.
Thanks Jim! I have often credited your feedback as the reason Pediatric Safety expanded beyond a site limited to educating the public on the challenges transporting young kids on ambulances to the site it is today. If I remember correctly, you advised me that if ALL we ever published was stories about ambulance crashes and how limited we were in our ability to safely secure a young child on a stretcher, that no-one would ever come back and read our site twice…or if they did, then definitely not a third time. (We would most likely either scare-away or depress our readers – or both…not necessarily the best way to start a relationship). It didn’t take long to realize you were right. So we made some changes, and Pediatric Safety – the community dedicated to helping caregivers keep children healthy and safe – was born.
Thank you! Not only for some terrific advice, but for everything you’ve contributed over the years! We couldn’t have done it without you!