Our children are safer in cars today.
Did you know that one reason our children are safer in cars today is because for many years lawyers have filed lawsuits against automobile manufacturers that forced them to make safer cars? We now have seatbelts, airbags (front and side), safety glass, and cars that don’t unexpectedly jump into reverse, to name a few, because [...]
Toys That Can Hurt Your Child – Resources
ToySafety.mobi – Good, clear summaries of a variety of child hazards. Many are divided by age range – choking dangers for infants and noise injuries for music-listening adolescents.
Latest News and Information on Children’s Products
Suite 101 provides the latest news and information on kids’ products. It covers product recalls and warnings and also has reviews on the hottest new children’s toys and baby gear.
Articles are written by a number of contributors who profile new products and interview experts in the industry. The site is full of resources for children [...]
Product Safety
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. It provides information on product recalls so that you can be sure to have only safe products in your home.
Jump And Jive, But Don’t Choke
What a great idea! Put the baby in a swing where he can bounce around for a while, occupied and out of the way. And, best of all, the Jump and Jive Doorway Jumper even includes a musical foot pad to give the baby some musical entertainment.
The problem with this product is in the detachable toys [...]
Don’t Get Burned By Your Wii Battery Charger
These days everyone wants a Wii: your kids, your husband, and the old man in the retirement home. It mixes video games with real life. Who could resist playing tennis and bowling from the comfort of their own living room? But, if you want to play, you need the hand-held remotes with charged batteries.
The good [...]
Toys R Us Trade-In Program Ends September 20, 2009
Toys R Us launched a program to get used cribs and other children’s equipment out of the chain of commerce. If you bring a used crib, car seat and other baby products to a Toys R Us and trade it in on a purchase in the same category, Toys R Us will give you a 20% [...]
Read This Before You Buy Used Toys and Equipment for Your Child
People used to get “hand-me-down” baby furniture from friends and relatives. Toys used to be handed down when the older child outgrew them. You could find all kinds of bargains at yard sales and advertised in neighborhood newspapers. Now, lots of us go to Craigslist if we want to buy or sell used children’s furniture, [...]
Dangerous Circo Booster Seat from Target
Booster seats are supposed to make our children safer, not fling them around inside the car and cause injury. The buckle on any child seat, whether it be a stroller, high chair, or booster seat is supposed to keep wiggly children from falling out of their seat.
A booster seat sold exclusively at Target has been recalled [...]