Biography
From pool safety and burn prevention to sports injuries and environmental toxins, Alison Rhodes, The Safety Mom is always on the lookout for dangers facing all children – newborns to teens.
After experiencing the death of her child from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Rhodes became committed to saving children’s lives and is the national voice for child health and safety. As one of the country’s leading child safety authorities, Rhodes provides tips and advice to parents on a broad range of issues. She has been featured on numerous television segments discussing child safety, health and wellness and the benefits of “going green” including NBC’s The Today Show, ABC World News Tonight, Court TV, Oxygen’s The Gayle King Show, PBS’ Keeping Kids Healthy, Discovery Health’s Runway Moms, CNN and CNBC. Rhodes has also been featured in numerous publications and websites including American Baby Magazine, Parents, BabyTalk, The Altanta Journal Constitution, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Parenting.com, SheKnows.com and Expectant Mother Magazine. She is the safety expert on clubmom.com, one of the leading online destinations for moms. Both her newsletter, The Safety Scoop, and blog, The Safety Chronicles, reach thousands of moms per month. As a child safety expert, Rhodes is a frequent guest speaker at corporations, schools, moms groups, day cares and hospitals focusing on how to prevent accidents in and around the home as well as issues including online predators, eating disorders and over-the-counter drug abuse.
Rhodes is a former member of the board of directors for First Candle, the national organization focusing on SIDS and other infant deaths, as well as founder of the Connecticut SIDS Alliance. She also serves on the Special Education Parent Advisory Board in her local community.
She lives with her husband and three children in Connecticut.
