You want your kids to have a backyard that they enjoy, but be careful about letting it become an “extreme sports” zone. Before you install a trampoline for the kids or build a half pipe for your budding skateboarder, consider the dangers of a “rad” yard. Even if you’re putting in traditional playground equipment such […]

Five minutes — that’s all it takes to make your vehicle safer by checking your tires. But in a recent Farmers survey, 14 percent of drivers surveyed said they never check their tire pressure, and 30 percent don’t perform proper maintenance (aligning wheels, balancing tires) more than once every two years.
To me, these findings show […]

Here’s a recipe for danger:
Mix a good measure of biology with lack of experience. Add a dash of peer pressure. Teen drivers are at great risk on our roads. Motor-vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15- to 20-year-olds.
The sad news is that the crash rate for young drivers is three times greater […]

I read something recently that surprised me: Natural disasters around the world increased by 20 percent last year. We don’t know what Mother Nature has in store for us this year, but here’s my advice:
Take steps now to prepare for whatever a natural or man-made disaster might do to your home.
Do you know what it […]

Fact: Every 77 seconds, fire strikes a home somewhere in the United States.
To help prevent fire from destroying your home or harming your loved ones, I want to share some fire safety information with you. You already know about changing your smoke detector batteries regularly and keeping fire extinguishers on every floor. But here are […]