Family visits to amusement parks, fairs, and carnivals sometimes include an unanticipated ride – to an ER. In the US, ERs see about 25,000 such visitors yearly, with young children accounting for more than a quarter of them. About one percent of these kids require hospitalization. Moreover, space-age rollercoasters injuries may have serious after-effects. 1. […]
Keeping the “amusement” in children’s amusement park rides
November 3, 2020 by kidstra
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Planning for your child to be a UM traveler?
February 19, 2014 by kidstra

What is a UM traveler, you ask? In airline talk, a UM (usually pronounced “U. M.” but sometimes “um”) is an Unaccompanied Minor traveling without an adult, with airline personnel providing some supervision. 1. Qualifications for UMs are surprisingly scant. On most major US and international airlines, if children have reached their fifth birthday (yes, […]
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