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Comment on Shopping Cart Dangers by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:06:20 +0000

After reading to “suggestions” in the article above, I really get irritated. We shouldn’t have to “shop at home” or “find a babysitter”, we should be able to go to the store, with our children if we want to and be assured that the carts are safe!! We shouldn’t have put a full weeks food order in a hand basket! They need to change the carts, not us. We are the consumer and the grocery stores know that most of the clients the use carts are parents with children. So come up with something safe and easy to use.
And next, accidents happen in the blink of an eye, they have happened to me with my sons. BUT at the same time, you are the parent!!! Make sure you correct your child when standing up or reaching for things off shelves. Too many parents nowadays let their kids get away with murder. We need to go back to the way it used to be when kids did what they were told and respected adults. I was in a supermarket yesterday and a child of 4-5 screamed at his mother to “Shut up” and she did!!! And then said “I’m sorry”!!! I’m am by no means saying I’m perfect but I try very hard to make sure my kids know that I’M the mom and I make the rules!

Comment on Shopping Cart Dangers by Michael

Michael — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:54:59 +0000

Great report, although I would take issue with this quote from the Consumer Reports woman:

“Even though a cart may seem low to you, for a child a fall from a cart is like an adult falling from several stories.

I would say that its not like that at all, based primarily on how gravity works. All objects fall with the same rate of acceleration, so by the time something has fallen several stories, it is going much faster than something falling from a few feet.
Second, I would also speculate that an adult may even be injured more than a child falling from even a few feet and landing on their head because the adults weigh more and would have more momentum at impact than a child, and because children are just plain more malleable than adults and quicker to recover.

Comment on Shopping Cart Dangers by Angel

Angel — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:13:33 +0000

Love the report! This information is so needed and should be on the front page of every newspaper… Maybe CNN can pick it up and let it hit the airwaves. So many injuries that could have been prevented.

Comment on Shopping Cart Dangers by Cindi ~ Moomettesgram

Cindi ~ Moomettesgram — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:27:24 +0000

My daughters were born in 1983 and 1987. At that time there were no safety belts on shopping carts and I had to invent my own method of securing the kids when I went shopping. As my husband worked on Saturdays, I did the shopping alone with the 2 kids. It was a challenge.

Although there have been improvements over the years, parents must take responsibility, especially in these tough economic times where companies are trying to cut corners left and right. Highly doubtful that replacing shopping carts will be a top priority.

I am passing this article along to my daughter as I now have 2 grandchildren, ages 6 months & 2 years old.

Thanks for sharing.

Comment on Shopping Cart Dangers by Stacie

Stacie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:19:46 +0000

Re-Tweeting the heck out of this. Great site and very relevant article!!!

Comment on Shopping Cart Dangers by Erika

Erika — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:08:33 +0000

Hat’s off to everyone involved - amazing story. Just tweeted:

Study reveals shopping cart dangers and children. Pls RT!http://investigativemommyblogger.com/investigative-reports/shopping-cart-dangers/

Comment on Investigative Reports by Mary

Mary — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:06:44 +0000

My daughter fell head first from an Old Navy shopping cart when my two year old pulled it over. I was contacted by corporate risk dept. and made aware that I was not the only one this happened to but I notice they still have these very light carts in store. If a two year old can pull it over by climbing on the side of it - imagine what a 5 or bigger kid could do. I was lucky that she had no fractures. We are so careful with carts now. Very dangerous. Thanks for doing this.

Comment on Shopping Cart Dangers Report by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:39:34 +0000

It’s amazing to me the amount of parents that just don’t understand the danger involved in shopping cart falls or accidents. Thanks for taking the time to research this and get the word out!

Comment on Shopping Cart Dangers by Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:29:32 +0000

You are so right!!!!!!!! Shopping carts are the most DANGEROUS things in the WORLD for our CHILDREN!!!!! We should all go shopping with handbaskets instead… at least until you discover you can’t shop for a family of six with one without cans of soup falling on the kids’ heads! But it’s for the children, so any really boneheaded law is justified! And after we discover this, we can use the handbaskets to go straight to hell in!