{"id":304330,"date":"2026-06-11T20:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/304330\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:57:07","slug":"consumer-reports-child-safety-experts-give-precautions-to-keep-kids-safe-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/304330\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Reports, child safety experts give precautions to keep kids safe this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Child safety generic (WJXT,  Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Summer is a time for swimming, bike rides, and outdoor adventures, but it\u2019s also one of the busiest seasons for emergency rooms treating injured children. Consumer Reports and child safety experts say a few simple precautions can help families enjoy a safer summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">For Dr. Darria Long, a board-certified emergency physician and mother of three, prevention is key. After years of treating injured children in the ER, she says many accidents could have been avoided with a little preparation and awareness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Watch The Morning Show on Friday to see what you can do to protect your family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorBruce Hamilton headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/PACZ7W5PHJGPHOKHBWB2X2LCVM\/\" title=\"View Bruce Hamilton&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Hamilton<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">This Emmy Award-winning television, radio and newspaper journalist has anchored The Morning Show for 18 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Child safety generic (WJXT, Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Summer is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57102,116,118,117,5436],"class_list":["post-304330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-consumer-reports","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-morning-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}