Children like things on wheels and shopping carts are no exception to them. In supermarkets, children who are not as tall as their shopping carts can often be seen running around pushing shopping carts.
However, parents may not realize that shopping carts are very dangerous for children. In the United States, every year, children are injured or even killed by falling from a shopping cart.
1.The possible harm of putting your child in the shopping cart
Every day, the emergency room of the hospital admits about 66 children who were injured because of improper shopping cart rides.
The child may fall from the shopping cart or the shopping cart will overturn.
From concussion, fracture, to death.
Brain and neck injuries are the most common injuries.
2.Please keep in mind the following safety knowledge.
Be sure to use the safety belt on the shopping cart to secure your baby on it. Whether the baby is sitting in the front of the shopping cart or in the shopping cart, make sure to have a seat belt and use it.
Be sure not to leave your baby alone in the car and go to the side to pick goods. Even if you have secured your baby in the shopping cart with a seat belt, do not take it lightly and keep the shopping cart within your reach.
It is best not to let you babysit in the shopping cart. Because sometimes raw meat or poultry bought from the supermarket contains salmonella, the baby is at risk of infection.
Be sure to let your baby sit and never let him stand up. Do not put your baby's car safety seat on the shopping cart. When the shopping cart moves, the safety chair will shake, putting the baby at risk of falling.
If your baby is small, you can put your baby in a baby carrier, and older children can sit in a stroller. These are safer than having them in a shopping cart.
Be sure not to let your children push the shopping cart or run around next to the shopping cart, otherwise, they can easily fall and get injured. If your baby insists on helping with the stroller, you can find a shopping basket about his height and let him push it. This will give them a sense of accomplishment because they think they are helping their mother.
The most important point is that wherever you go, always pay attention to your baby, don't let him stay in the shopping cart alone, always stay alert, don't leave the shopping cart, and be alert for all possible dangers!
Every year in the United States, more than 20,000 children are injured by shopping carts and sent to emergency rooms. The most common injuries caused by shopping carts are bruises, scrapes, and cuts. Most injuries occur on the face and neck. As the child may suffer head injuries or fractures, the injuries caused by the shopping cart may be serious enough to require hospitalization or even death.
3. Shopping cart≠baby cart
Shopping carts are often unstable, and a small impact force of 7.26 kg on the handle can knock it over. When a child is standing or sitting in a shopping cart, the structure of the shopping cart makes it extremely easy to tip over. Unless the shopping cart can be redesigned to be more stable, you must be aware that when the child does not have a seat belt, the seat installed on the top or inside of the shopping cart will never prevent him from falling out of the car!
4. Is it safer to sit in the shopping cart?
The child feels uncomfortable sitting there and likes to stand. If he doesn't put him in the car and is afraid of him running around, what can I do?" Many parents who shoppers have this kind of thinking.
Regarding safety issues, many parents said, "If adults pay more attention, they should be fine." But this kind of carelessness has caused tens of thousands of children to be injured every year!
Let alone whether the shopping cart is hygienic. In particular, many shopping carts are used to store fresh food and have more bacteria. The dirt on the soles of children's shoes can easily stay in the shopping cart.
So if you can, avoid putting your child in the seat of the shopping cart. And never allow children to stand in the shopping cart, enter the basket, or ride on the outside of the shopping cart.
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