As children get older and more independent, parents become increasingly more concerned about their safety. My son will turn 5 in a week, and that’s what can keep me awake at night: worrying about strangers accosting him, or even kidnapping him. Everyone says that things were different when we were growing up, and it might sound like a cliche but I really believe it’s true. We just weren’t aware of the number of child predators and other potential dangers back then.

Safety Tots is a company that creates aids to help teach children about safety. This CD-Rom entitled “What’s The Safest Thing To Do?” is designed for children ages 3 to 8, and presents situations to them in fun, non-threatening terms they can understand. In addition to dealing with stranger awareness, the CD-Rom also addresses drowning prevention, poison control, firearms safety, drug and alcohol prevention, and fire prevention. Winner of a Parents Choice Gold Award in 2002, this product is recommended by educators and parents. It could be used at home to teach your child about safety in a way that’s fun and that he’ll remember, or even in a classroom.

You can purchase this unique CD-Rom for $24.95 at SafetyTots.com. I’m sure it will be worth every penny for the valuable lessons it will teach your child.

I’m going to buy my 50-pack of these disk protectors for every disk in our house. It’s not just children who can be careless with with cd’s or dvd’s - they’re just the ones with an excuse!

The d_skin Protective Disk Skins really make sense for all your children’s favorite movies, video game disks, and musical cd’s that they use every day.  These “skins” fit over the disk and there’s no need to remove them: lasers read right through the film.

You can purchase them for $49.95 (pack of 50) at OneStepAhead.com.