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I don't understand why anyone would want furniture that wouldn't be secure in its own right. I'd rather have used, sturdy furniture than some new furniture that wouldn't hold up.
Even used furniture can tip over if a child puts enough weight on the front. Its not like the dresser just randomly tipped over on its own, the two boys were opening the drawers and climbing on them. Dressers are not designed to be used as a jungle gym.
Luckily, it was a cheap pressboard one that was empty, so neither was hurt.
Um, OK. A few musings...
Cheap pressboard and empty. That's why it fell over. If it was made of wood and full, it would not have tipped over.
Neither of my boys ever tipped over a piece of furniture. I have never attached any furniture to the wall. I wasn't even aware that this is "a thing" now. Thank God my kids are grown, or my wife would have me running around the house nailing stuff to the wall.
The dresser crashed to the floor and the video continues for 90 seconds, but the Mom didn't come running into the room?
Cheap pressboard and empty. That's why it fell over. If it was made of wood and full, it would not have tipped over.
Neither of my boys ever tipped over a piece of furniture. I have never attached any furniture to the wall.
And I've never been in a car accident. Should I stop taking safety precautions and never use a seat belt? Its probably only those cheap cars that get into accidents, not my well made car.
Just because it didn't happen to you, doesn't mean it does not happen.
It is not only "cheap pressboard" furniture that tips over. This dresser isn't made from pressboard. It is solid wood, and still tipped over. My 30 year old solid wood dresser from Thomasville furniture would also tip over if a toddler started using the draws as a step stool. It has nothing to do with the quality of the furniture, but rather they were not designed to be used that way.
I think you're confused. The commenter(the post I quoted. Not the woman who wrote the blog post but just one of the many people who commented on it) got the pamphlet about the blogger's story at her birthing class. She took it in as she said that it "haunted her" and she took child proofing, including anchoring furniture very seriously because of it. Her friends who did not get the pamphlet and who did not read the personal story about the child's death and who were not made aware of the dangers in such a way were the ones who laughed at the commenter for being overly cautious.
Yes I see now where I misread the post. But I believe there is still no guarantee that if the friends had received a pamphlet and heard the personal story would have been motivated to attach their furniture to the wall. Many people have the "this will never happen to me" outlook on life. You just cannot force people to do things they don't want to do even when it's for their or their children's own good.
Some parents' misunderstanding seems to be that the "Nanny Cam" is not a real Nanny which will physically intervene during a time of need; it will not morph Transformer-like into an EMS first responder and it will not interrupt your texting with the message: "Junior has fallen and he can't get up".
Some parents' misunderstanding seems to be that the "Nanny Cam" is not a real Nanny which will physically intervene during a time of need; it will not morph Transformer-like into an EMS first responder and it will not interrupt your texting with the message: "Junior has fallen and he can't get up".
The parent weren't watching the incident unfold in another room. It happened in the morning and the parents were still asleep. They watched the footage only after coming into the boys room and seeing the dresser tipped over on the floor.
The parent weren't watching the incident unfold in another room. It happened in the morning and the parents were still asleep. They watched the footage only after coming into the boys room and seeing the dresser tipped over on the floor.
Exactly. Recording action is not a substitute for watching your kids.
Exactly. Recording action is not a substitute for watching your kids.
People sleep. Parents are people. The boys woke up before the parents did and were playing in their room. The parents didn't know the boys were up yet, in their room, playing, as they were still asleep.
Yes I see now where I misread the post. But I believe there is still no guarantee that if the friends had received a pamphlet and heard the personal story would have been motivated to attach their furniture to the wall. Many people have the "this will never happen to me" outlook on life. You just cannot force people to do things they don't want to do even when it's for their or their children's own good.
I agree with this. I think that people believe it won't happen to them so they do nothing. Only after people hear more and more and more about these tragic stories will we see a major change in this regard. As of now, I don't think that most parents anchor all dressers, night stands, bookshelves, etc. both tall and low, cheap furniture and quality, TV's etc. to the walls.
People don't HAVE to bolt their furniture to the wall. There's furniture in every room. There's a place in every room for a kid to injure himself. This is called life with kids.
My generation and those before would've had a good laugh at the idea of bolting furniture to anything so kids don't tump things over.
The kids could easily leave their room and go climb on furniture in other rooms. They could jump off any furniture that's bolted and break their necks. They could've gone outside and walked down the road and gotten lost.
You cannot make the world safety-proof for kids, no matter how hard you try.
You can lock your kids in at night, and have no furniture in the room. Then people would criticize you for being nutso and dangerous to get in to save the kids in case there's a fire or other emergency.
There's no shortage of criticism for parents, it seems.
No kidding. I honestly don't know how any of us made it to adulthood. Especially from the days when kids played outside, in trees, on roads, out of view, and out of mind, lol.
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