Nature & Trail Safety

How to Check Your Child for Ticks After Playing Outdoors

How to Check Your Child for Ticks After Playing...

Ticks are common on Long Island, but they shouldn’t stop your family from enjoying the outdoors. Learn how to make tick checks part of your family’s routine, where to look...

How to Check Your Child for Ticks After Playing...

Ticks are common on Long Island, but they shouldn’t stop your family from enjoying the outdoors. Learn how to make tick checks part of your family’s routine, where to look...

Hiking With Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Trail Safety

Hiking With Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Trail Safety

Hiking with children is a great way to explore nature, but there are a few important things parents should know before heading onto the trail. Learn how to dress your...

Hiking With Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Trail Safety

Hiking with children is a great way to explore nature, but there are a few important things parents should know before heading onto the trail. Learn how to dress your...

How to Identify Poison Ivy and What to Do After Exposure

How to Identify Poison Ivy and What to Do After...

Poison ivy can grow in backyards, parks, along trails, fences, and many other places your family spends time outdoors. Learn how to identify poison ivy throughout the seasons, recognize its...

How to Identify Poison Ivy and What to Do After...

Poison ivy can grow in backyards, parks, along trails, fences, and many other places your family spends time outdoors. Learn how to identify poison ivy throughout the seasons, recognize its...

Poison Ivy: What Every Parent on Long Island Should Know

Poison Ivy: What Every Parent on Long Island Sh...

Poison ivy grows all over Long Island, including backyards, parks, sidewalks, playgrounds, and trails, yet many people still do not know how to recognize it. In this blog, learn how...

Poison Ivy: What Every Parent on Long Island Sh...

Poison ivy grows all over Long Island, including backyards, parks, sidewalks, playgrounds, and trails, yet many people still do not know how to recognize it. In this blog, learn how...

Ticks: What Every Family Should Know

Ticks: What Every Family Should Know

Ticks are one of the most common concerns parents have about spending time outdoors with their children. While ticks are something we should be aware of, they should not keep...

Ticks: What Every Family Should Know

Ticks are one of the most common concerns parents have about spending time outdoors with their children. While ticks are something we should be aware of, they should not keep...

Cold weather doesn’t make kids sick — viruses do.

Cold weather doesn’t make kids sick — viruses do.

Many of us grew up hearing, “Put your hat on or you’ll catch a cold,” but physiologically, cold air does not create illness—viruses do. The reason we see more sickness...

Cold weather doesn’t make kids sick — viruses do.

Many of us grew up hearing, “Put your hat on or you’ll catch a cold,” but physiologically, cold air does not create illness—viruses do. The reason we see more sickness...