children's product safety

“We live in a world designed by adults, for adults, but kids suffer,” stated Dr. Gary Smith of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. This was one of my favorite quotes of the weekend, and something I will certainly share… Read More

It’s been a great and busy week for the Safe for the Start program at KID. Here is the peak of the program’s education and outreach efforts just this week: Tuesday We headed out to Gage Park High School on… Read More

Halloween can be a fun occasion for children and parents alike. Soon the streets will be filled with trick-or-treaters dressed as ghosts, witches, and monsters. However, amidst these frightful costumes lie real dangers that are often overlooked or ignored and… Read More

Last week, KID shared the following statement online via our Facebook and Twitter sites: “2 out of 3 babies who died while sleeping were sharing an adult bed, couch, or chair. Put baby alone in the crib” The response to the… Read More

So you attended KID’s safety workshop Creating Safe environments for Children? Great! We hope that you learned a lot and were able to bring new awareness and resources back to your home or facility. If you weren’t able to attend… Read More

1998: The year KID started after our founder’s son Danny was killed when his portable crib collapsed around his neck in his daycare facility. 19: The number of children we know have died in cribs with the same design as… Read More

If it’s September, it must be time for back to school! It’s time slip out of swimsuits and into school uniforms and get ready for a new year of learning and growing. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has a great… Read More

More infants die every year in cribs than from any other nursery product. There are many reasons why a child can die or be injured by a crib– today we are highlighting the stories of four. Abigail’s crib rails came… Read More

One fateful day in April, Trevor fell asleep in his Lil Napper swing at his child care home and was tragically strangled. He became entangled in the shoulder harness straps that buckled between the legs. The swing had been recalled… Read More

On Tuesday, August 18, I participated on behalf of KID in a summit on furniture safety in High Point, NC. Lisa Siefert of Shane’s Foundation was also there, along with close to 50 industry representatives, Underwriters Laboratories and Bureau Veritas… Read More