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Parents wrestle with rear-facing carseat advice

Parents wrestle with rear-facing carseat advice

When the American Academy of Pediatrics recently recommended that children ride in rear-facing car seats until at least age 2 — up from the previous minimum age of 1 — Internet news sites lit up with outrage. Many parents were hardly eager to embrace the latest medical advice about how to best protect toddlers from serious head, neck and spinal injuries.

Senh: I don't understand what the problem is. It's for the safety of your child. Just do it.

 

Three-year-old boy falls to his death from rollercoaster

Three-year-old boy falls to his death from rollercoaster

A 3-year-old boy freed himself from a safety harness. stood up and fell to his death from a roller coaster he was riding with his family at a Chicago suburban amusement park, authorities confirmed on Sunday.

 

Rear-Facing Car Seats Advised for Older Toddlers

A pediatricians’ group now says that toddlers shouldn’t move to a forward-facing seat until at least age 2.

 

After dozens of deaths, drop-side cribs outlawed

After dozens of deaths, drop-side cribs outlawed

The government is outlawing drop-side cribs after the deaths of more than 30 infants and toddlers in the past decade.

 

More kids trapped in sweltering cars are dying

More kids trapped in sweltering cars are dying

Temperatures are rising and so are reports of infants and toddlers dying from being trapped inside sizzling automobiles.

 

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