Poor anchoring/mounting job?
Mine will support my weight, freely hanging from it.
Horrible. Poor baby.
Ban TV’s in the home, do it for the children.
Why do I hear my mom in the back of my mind telling me not to sit so close to the TV?
I have a 10 month old grand baby. I am always finding something new to baby proof. It just seems like there are so many dangers for a little baby.
Here it comes . . . Federal regulations on TV placement in homes with children . . . Hang on . . . Child-safe TV installation requirements . . . lawyers are now salivating . . . especially in D.C.
I just noticed I have a 27inch TV on top of a dresser in my bedroom. If it fell on a child it really could do some damage.
Maybe off topic a bit but I just had a flashback of my Father taking the back off our old TV around 1954. He always kept a box full of tubes. When the Tv went out he would go back there, change a tube and put the back on again.
All the while we would be encouraging him to hurry. A different world.
Ban PBS! Damn you, Elmo!
*tinfoil firmly affixed*
Ok, last week (maybe a week and a half) the hourly news had a story of a woman on a crusade...against furniture. No really...her child was crushed (coincidentally) by a TV and she was complaining that no one forewarned her of the dangers of furniture in the house (I kid you not)not the doctor, not the hospital etc. So now she’s hellbent on getting laws passed to require people to BOLT furniture to the wall.
After the news ‘snippet’ the ad council had an ad on regarding bolting furniture to the wall.
Instead of M.A.D.D. we are going to have M.A.F. (mothers against furniture)
It’s all bullsh*t
A TV and stand fell on my little girl. Thankfully, she only had a minor scrape (but one thing for sure is she won’t sit right in front of the TV anymore). I’m kicking myself for not replacing that stand sooner. I’m sorry for these parents’ loss.
Shawn stood on top of the piano stool to adjust a connection on the VCR. The stool swiveled and Shawn lost his balance. In an attempt to regain his balance he grabbed the TV. Everything came tumbling down. When I entered the room this is what I saw. Shawn was on his back; the piano stool's top and legs were beside him. The metal spiral rod lay between his arm and torso. He was still clutching the TV. The picture tube had shattered. The VCR struck the IKEA desk causing a large chunk of it to break away. And the first thing Shawn said to me was, "Mom, I thought I was dead."
Property destroyed: TV set, VCR, computer desk, and vintage piano stool. Damage to son: Scrape on arm from spiral rod, bruised ribs from TV, and embarrassment
Dreadful. RIP.
When they’re that age, you’ve got to watch them like a hawk at all times.