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My brother was a cop and helped save the life of a toddler after a tv flipped over on her. When his children were small I would see him discreetly "test" furniture in other people's houses when they visited. Something like that definitely stays with you. We have everything strapped to the walls.
My brother was a cop and helped save the life of a toddler after a tv flipped over on her. When his children were small I would see him discreetly "test" furniture in other people's houses when they visited. Something like that definitely stays with you. We have everything strapped to the walls.
And it's very easy to do. There are kits that have all the necessary parts and make it very easy. We secured everything in our house for earthquake and child safety. It was inexpensive and didn't take much time at all.
Just a side note: There's a product called earthquake/museum putty that can be used to secure small breakables to a shelf. Great stuff.
My sister lost her front teeth to a dresser. We were packing to go on vacation and she had the drawers open. She decided to throw a fit and sat, hard, on the floor. That was all that dresser needed to come over on top of her and break her front teeth off at the gumline. Needless to say, we did not go on vacation after all.
When my son was born we bought furniture for the nursery. A quality made dresser made of solid wood. I tested the dresser out at the store with all the drawers open. It didn't budge. Still didnt mean if my son stood in one of the drawers it wouldn't topple over. We strapped the dresser to the wall. I worked in daycares and preschools and saw kids do some pretty outrageous stuff so I was prepared myself. Low and behold I get a kid that had zero interest in climbing, laid back and so on. Still though I take that stuff seriously. My biggest concern was TV's and stoves after that. Many people do not strap their stoves to the wall. I actually saw a stove pitch forward at a relatives house when she had a 25 lb turkey pulled out. That was scary.
We have a stereo in our living room. An actual rack type thing (yes, considered old fashioned but we can't find a shelf one that sounds anything like it!) in one of those stereo cabinets. There is a turntable on top. We covered the front with posterboard so the glass wouldn't smash and congratulated ourselves for our safety measures. The other day I came up from the basement and our two year old was sitting on top of the turntable like it was an easy chair. I don't know how any kids live to make it to adulthood even with anchored furniture.
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