Is your child safety seat properly installed?

Child Passenger Safety Month focuses public awareness on preventing accidental injuries to child passengers riding in cars and other types of transportation. But for one local businesswoman, child safety is top-of-mind every single day.

As the owner and president of Safer Kids And Homes, professional childproofer Patti Norton Laird dedicates herself to helping parents and caregivers make their homes and cars safer for babies, toddlers and young children.
"The average home is not designed, constructed or furnished with the safety needs of a child in mind," Laird noted. "And with car seats – while they may provide peace of mind to the parent – many are improperly installed, and children may still be at risk for serious injury in an accident."

Safer Kids And Homes carries top rated child safety seats by Britax, Radian and SafeGuard, as well as a number of auto safety accessories. And Laird, a certified child passenger safety technician, can also make sure your new child safety seat is properly installed. For a free copy of Safer Kids And Homes’ Child Passenger Safety Checklist, call 305-854-KIDS or e-mail SaferKids@aol.com.

Laird, a mother of two and a former teacher and preschool director, started Safer Kids And Homes in 1994. Her expertise, professionalism and customer focus led to numerous referrals from satisfied clients, and with help from Laird’s business partner, Janice Pruett, the company grew quickly.

In 2005, leveraging the experience they gained childproofing thousands of homes throughout South Florida, Laird and Pruett opened Florida’s first and only store dedicated entirely to child safety. Laird describes the store, located at 8843 S.W. 132nd Street in The Shops by The Falls, as a "one-stop child safety shop" where parents can find all the products and services they need to make their homes and cars safe for their little ones.
In addition to child safety seats, Safer Kids And Homes carries the same hard-tofind, field-tested safety products that Laird and her team use every day in their childproofing business. Customers can also find high-quality furnishings and accessories such as Svan high chairs, Bumbo baby seats and Joovy strollers, plus Kettler trikes and a wide selection of unique, kid-safe toys.

"The awareness created by Child Passenger Safety Month is invaluable and no doubt has helped save many lives," Laird said. "For all of us at Safer Kids And Homes, however, every day is an opportunity to help prevent a tragedy at home or on the road."

Safer Kids And Homes is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information,
call 305-854-KIDS or visit
www.resourceliving.com