One of my more terrifying parenting moments was when my daughter was two-ish and watching TV, and I stepped out of the room to take a phone call on my cell. I wasn’t gone two minutes before I heard a horrible crash. It was, unmistakably, the TV hitting the floor, and thank God the next thing I heard was her crying and clearly unhurt or I probably would have died right there.My poor husband, who I was on the phone with, heard "Crash" then me yelling my daughter's name, then"OHMYGODshepulledovertheTVIHAVETOGO" click.
See, kids can and do die from pulling TVs down on top of them, and according to this story from Televsion Broadcast magazine of all places, such accidents are on the rise. Kids under seven are most likely to tip a TV over on themselves. Deaths are rare, but they do happen. Head and neck injuries were most common.
Luckily the fix is easy. Just anchor the TV to the wall with straps or L-brackets. Our new TV came with a little a wire thing to hook it up to the wall. And just in time, since my toddler has an obsession with climbing and had already tried to climb up on the TV stand.
