Kids In Danger

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a day when many of us delight in our children and our moms.  It is reminder of the precious gift of children – and a chance for those children to honor their mothers for the… Read More

When Danny Keysar died, both his parents and his caregiver were shocked to find the product had been previously recalled and Danny wasn’t the first child to die.  A key part of KID’s mission is to educate parents and caregivers about unsafe… Read More

National Volunteer Week gives us here at KID a great opportunity to sit back and reflect on all the great work our volunteers do for the KID organization every day. In March alone, volunteers served a total of 135 hours… Read More

Attention all Illinois residents! The Illinois House is considering HB 3052 which would bring the rest of the state in line with Chicago’s adoption of a ban on the sale of crib bumper pads.  Call your legislator and urge them… Read More

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on March 11, 2013 that Chicago-based Kolcraft has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $400,000. In addition to the monetary penalty, Kolcraft agreed to implement robust changes to… Read More

Did you know this is National Consumer Protection Week?  KID works on protecting our youngest consumers all year long, but thought we’d use the opportunity to give parents and caregivers a few things they can easily do to protect the… Read More

As we have done every year since 2002, today KID released our report on children’s product recalls from the past year.  In 2012, the number of children’s product recalls continued to decline to 97, the lowest number since 2004.   But… Read More

2013 is just in its second month and already more than 600,000 children’s pajamas have been recalled due to burn hazards. Many people think of stoves, matches or overheating electronics when they think of burn hazards, but many other products… Read More

Today CPSC and Gemme Juvenile announced the recall of Natart Chelsea dressers for tip-over hazard. The dressers can tip, trapping toddlers or young children.  The company will send anchoring straps to prevent tip-overs. In March 2011, 2 year old Shane… Read More

Last April, Chicago became the first municipality (or any governmental unit for that matter) to ban the sale of crib bumper pads.  The ordinance’s sponsors (Aldermen Balcer and Cardenas) and those who voted for it listened to the testimony of… Read More