It is probably more likely a problem with a lack of parenting and also being an idiot and placing a big old heavy TV on top of a kid's dresser
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More than 17,000 children — one every 30 minutes — are treated in emergency rooms across the country for TV-related injuries every year, and the rate of kids hurt from TVs tipping over has nearly doubled in two decades, according to a study to be released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Prompted in part by a rash of TV-related deaths in the Chicago area, the study found that close to 400,000 children were rushed to hospital ERs from 1990 to 2011 with injuries that included concussions, lacerations and traumatic brain injuries. Children ages 5 and younger were the most vulnerable.
Dr. Gary Smith, the study's lead author and president of the nonprofit Child Injury Prevention Alliance, hopes that the findings will serve as a call to action. Among the study's recommendations were greater public education, stronger safety standards and the inclusion of safety straps or anchors with the sale of every new TV.
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