Are your children safe in the backyard this summer?

[JBeukema]

For millions of kids, August is defined as the month after camp and before school. The month, in other words, when every day is spent tearing up the backyard.
If littered with the wrong toys, and wrongly supervised, that can be the worst place for them to be. Look at the numbers: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 200,000 children ages 14 and under are treated in emergency rooms for playground-related wounds each year. Just 26 percent of the types of injuries occur on home equipment, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission; most of the damage comes on public playgrounds. But when looking at death, a full 90 percent from playground equipment, according the same group, occurs at home. Home jungle gyms and swing sets are less likely to be anchored properly or installed on a protective surface. And most parents get lulled into a false confidence knowing their children are "safe" when they're nearby—less than 25 percent of parents closely monitor their kids on play equipment at home, according to a survey conducted by the Home Safety Council in 2008.

Most Dangerous Backyard Toys for Kids - The Daily Beast

 

[masquerade]

Well, I guess kids could always spend their summer sitting in front of the television watch Nick or playing video games.

 

[Ringel05]

For millions of kids, August is defined as the month after camp and before school. The month, in other words, when every day is spent tearing up the backyard.
If littered with the wrong toys, and wrongly supervised, that can be the worst place for them to be. Look at the numbers: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 200,000 children ages 14 and under are treated in emergency rooms for playground-related wounds each year. Just 26 percent of the types of injuries occur on home equipment, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission; most of the damage comes on public playgrounds. But when looking at death, a full 90 percent from playground equipment, according the same group, occurs at home. Home jungle gyms and swing sets are less likely to be anchored properly or installed on a protective surface. And most parents get lulled into a false confidence knowing their children are "safe" when they're nearby—less than 25 percent of parents closely monitor their kids on play equipment at home, according to a survey conducted by the Home Safety Council in 2008.

Most Dangerous Backyard Toys for Kids - The Daily Beast

Let me guess. You always vote for Nader.....

 

[JBeukema]

Who's nader?

 

[Mr. H.]

Jarts wuz our favert gam whin I wuz kid.

 

[Ringel05]

Who's nader?

Oh, some guy, keeps running for president.

 

[Douger]

Who's nader?

Oh, some guy, keeps running for president.

The guy that should be president but murkins have no interest in helping themselves.
Your bullshit partisan voting system is the cancer that is killing you.

 

[Ringel05]

Who's nader?

Oh, some guy, keeps running for president.

The guy that should be president but murkins have no interest in helping themselves.
Your bullshit partisan voting system is the cancer that is killing you.

Whatever.........