February 16, 2019, Dangerous furniture
My twin grandsons, when less than a year old. combined forces to attempt to topple a television on themselves back when televisions were large and could be used as a boat anchor. They repeatedly used their walkers to simultaneously ram the television and the table it was on. I was reminded of that episode while reading a sad article in Consumer Reports about a two and a half year old triplet boy who died after pulling a chest of drawers over on himself.
My grandsons' father immediately anchored the television to the wall. He had already anchored several tall book cases to the wall but thought the television too heavy for the boys to budge. He under estimated the persistence of his sons.
My new GE stove came with a device to anchor it to the wall. Apparently, tipping stoves are also a possibility, a really scary possibility. If you have small children, or are visited by small children, while you are thinking about it, survey your home for tipping accidents waiting to happen.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has suggestions for preventing tipping furniture along with other valuable information on products that pose a danger especially to children.