Safe Travel Resources
Looking for ways to keep your kids safe away from home and when you’re traveling? Here you’ll find home safety tips to prevent injuries indoors and outdoors. We’ve also included information like what you need in first aid kits, childproofing and creating security and safety when traveling across town or across the world, and even when visiting other people's homes.
Quick tips for safe travel
Whether you're going by air or on land, travelling with kids takes a little extra planning. Here are some travel tips to make your journey easier.
How to travel safely with kids
- About child restraint systems (CRS) | Federal Aviation Administration
- Air travel while pregnant | Cook Children's
- FAA-approved child harness device (CARES) | Federal Aviation Administration
- Flying and your child's ears | Cook Children's
- Flying with baby | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Flying with children safely | Federal Aviation Administration
- Flying with children with special needs | Federal Aviation Administration
- How to install a forward-facing child seat in an airplane | Federal Aviation Administration
- How to install a rear-facing child seat in an airplane | Federal Aviation Administration
- How to install the child aviation restraint system (CARES) device in an airplane | Federal Aviation Administration
- Seat fit | Federal Aviation Administration
- Tips for families and links to airline webpages | U.S. Department of Transportation
- Destination-specific vaccine recommendations for travelers—including travelers with children | Centers for Disease Control
- Do kids need vaccines before traveling? | Cook Children's
- Cholera | Cook Children's
- Dengue fever | Cook Children's
- Ebola | Cook Children's
- Malaria | Cook Children's
- Typhoid fever | Cook Children's
- West Nile virus | Cook Children's
- Hand washing: why it's so important | Cook Children's
- Holiday travel tips | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Hotel dangers that put baby's safety at risk | American Academy of Pediatrics
- How to handle vomiting | Cook Children's
- Precautions for international travel: information for parents | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Staying healthy while you travel | Cook Children's
- Swim lessons: why every child needs them, especially now | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Traveling with asthma | Cook Children's
- What to do about dehydration | Cook Children's
- Power of play | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Road rules for kids | Cook Children's
- Road trip boredom busters | Cook Children's
- Road trip play ideas for backseat fun | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Are insect repellents with DEET safe for kids? | Cook Children's
- Ask the pediatrician: is it safe for my baby to travel in a car seat for a few hours at a time? | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Avoiding food traps | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Bedbugs | Cook Children's
- Is it safe for my baby to travel in a car seat for hours at a time? | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Keeping kids safe in cars | Cook Children's
- On the go | American Academy of Pediatrics
- Safe RV travel with children | American Academy of Pediatrics
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