Posted by
arandomguy on Monday, August 07, 2006 11:38:18 PM
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than 24,000 children are treated each year for "shopping-cart related injuries," prompting them to call for the carts to be changed. They say most injuries occur when children are not strapped in and fall over while standing, though some can occur even if the child is strapped in properly.
I just found this story amusing. "Shopping cart related injuries." I think, what is this world coming to? All of the problems there are with children's health - kids dying of terminal cancer, AIDS, and other deadly diseases - and the American Academy of Pediatrics has time to deal with shopping carts? Most problems with shopping carts are not the kids - kids will be unruly. It's what young children do.
The problem is with the parents who do not keep close enough eye on their offspring, allowing them to do foolish and dangerous things, like standing in a shopping cart, or sitting improperly. I have never had an accident with a shopping cart, and neither has anybody I've ever known, because we all have the common sense God gave us, and to use seatbelts and keep an eye on our kids.