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From all of us at KID, we wish you all a bright new year.  We look forward to a year of building a stronger children’s product safety system.  Here are our safety resolutions for 2014: KID will dedicate ourselves to… Read More

Providing infants with safe sleep environments is a necessary step to insuring their continued health. Every year over 4,000 infants die unexpectedly during sleep-time, but by using the Consumer Product Safety Commission approved crib standards and the American Academy of… Read More

Thursday is Halloween – a great night for fun and treats.  Take some simple precautions to avoid burns or other injuries.  Halloween decorations such as Jack O’Lanterns and decorative candles can represent very dangerous fire hazards when you have children… Read More

Below is a recent blog we provided to our online partners that serve parent and grandparent communities across the nation. The response to the post was so overwhelming positive that we decided to share it with the KID community as… Read More

If you’re like us you feel like summer has just flown by. So if you feel like you haven’t been able to keep up with everything, including product safety news and recalls, you’re certainly not alone.  We want to take… Read More

Early in 2010, KID learned of two deaths involving crib bumper pads.  One was six month old Aiden in Texas, the other, 2 month old Preston in Alaska.  These preventable deaths strengthened our resolve to warn parents about the dangers… 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

HB 3052 (McAsey) is a bill that would ban the sale of crib bumper pad sales in the state of Illinois. Currently, bumper pads are illegal to sell in the city of Chicago and the state of Maryland (effective June… 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

In 1998, Danny was killed when a recalled portable crib collapsed around his neck at his licensed child care home.  KID is Danny’s legacy.  Today, KID has the same commitment to the cause we did when Danny first died. We… Read More