Why do you hate children?

And so it begins... Rise of the Planet of the TV Sets

Next up: Special helmets for shower and bathtub use

Or, just outlaw 'em all together

Reminds me watching news the other night.

"Shark deaths around the world are on the rise worldwide" - First you already said around the world, did it need worldwide at the end? That was the lead in.....

Then during the story - " A dozen deaths were reported last year"

12. 12 deaths to shark attacks out of 7 BILLION people on the planet?!?!

Really?

Wall Anchors.. USE THEM

"Steve Shapiro, sales manager at Abt Electronics in Glenview, Ill., says old TVs often are more dangerous: A 32-inch tube TV weighs about 325 pounds, he says"

That seems awfully heavy to me... right?

bumped an older TV that weighed more than 100 pounds and was on an aquarium stand

The problem here, son, is that your parents are utter morons.

You can't give a tube TV away today. Who wants to haul that boat anchor?

They already have warning labels.

What protective wear might look like from the TV show sponsors

Apparently sitting too close to the TV is unhealthy. Who knew?

liverpoolumd: Wall Anchors.. USE THEM
farking monitor you children... DO IT!

"This is not as uncommon as people might think, sadly," says John Drengenberg, consumer safety director at Underwriters Laboratories, which sets safety standards for TVs and other products.who has to protect his job and income.

Sorry, had to fix this for the guy...

Poor people with tube TVs. Not a single fark is given.

Toppling?

/vaderrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Frank N Stein: Poor people with tube TVs. Not a single fark is given.

fark you.

I have a relative (child) who died like this. A lot more farks were given over his young life than you deserve in the rest of yours.

fark you.

dukeblue219: "Steve Shapiro, sales manager at Abt Electronics in Glenview, Ill., says old TVs often are more dangerous: A 32-inch tube TV weighs about 325 pounds, he says"

That seems awfully heavy to me... right?

I came to post that.

How´d you ever get a typical set up a flight of stairs even if you're two grown men?

abfalter: Frank N Stein: Poor people with tube TVs. Not a single fark is given.

fark you.

I have a relative (child) who died like this. A lot more farks were given over his young life than you deserve in the rest of yours.

fark you.

Quinn?

When I was a kid, my parents had a 900-pound television on top of a TV tray. My dad's theory was, "Let him pull it over his head a few times, he'll learn. You wanna put a penny in a light socket? Try that out. OHH! Hurt like hell, didn't it? Don't do that no more."

/had this "problem" covered 20 years ago

abfalter: I have a relative (child) who died like this. A lot more farks were given over his young life than you deserve in the rest of yours.

You should be grateful that it ended this way. Had he been survived into his teens, he would have undoubtedly graduated to tipping vending machines to get free potato chips. And when one of those things fall on you, my friend, the mess that has to be cleaned up is atrocious.

Ban the televisions

not like their's anything but shiat on them anyway

Poor casey anthony, she should have dropped a tv on her kids head, then she could party without threat of the world thinking her a monster.

"The most recent fatality was Tuesday, when 1-year-old Shaun Brown bumped an older TV that weighed more than 100 pounds and was on an aquarium stand. It fell on him, fracturing his skull."

Hello parenting? I'm picturing this rickety metal rod type frames with a huge tv on it. Heck, why not use a TV tray...I mean it's right there in the name!

Netrngr: liverpoolumd: Wall Anchors.. USE THEM
farking monitor you children... DO IT!

Yes. Sit around all day staring at your children in the house. Never leave the room. Be over them constantly like some sort of helicopter.

It's the best hope for our children.

Or just spend 5 minutes putting up the goddamn wall anchors (if you live in an earthquake prone area you should do this with or without children) and get on with your life.

$12 base anchor from Amazon protects your kid and your TV.

Bookcases kill more kids than TVs. Anything that is tall, thin, and climbable should be locked down to the wall.

Sin_City_Superhero: dukeblue219: "Steve Shapiro, sales manager at Abt Electronics in Glenview, Ill., says old TVs often are more dangerous: A 32-inch tube TV weighs about 325 pounds, he says"

That seems awfully heavy to me... right?

I had a 32" Sony a few years ago. 325 lbs. sounds about right. SOB was heavy.

Had a 32" trinitron. No way that was much over 100 pounds.

Picked it up successfully, then it disintegrated in my hands, the tube just missing my feet. Thousands of plastic pieces all over the place.

dukeblue219: "Steve Shapiro, sales manager at Abt Electronics in Glenview, Ill., says old TVs often are more dangerous: A 32-inch tube TV weighs about 325 pounds, he says"

That seems awfully heavy to me... right?

He must have been talking about how much it cost new in English Pounds because if he's talking weight, he's only managed to roughly triple the actual number.

special20: So true. What responsible parent wouldn't look around for hazards like a 100 pound dead fall trap for carpet critters and fix it? Darwin FTW.

Yup. I had my stereo equipment perched on the top of a large speaker for a while until i noticed my toddler was reaching for the knobs. I figured before she grew old enough to actually reach them I would fix that situation. Bought a cabinet that could be easily locked, problem solved.

When you have kids you really need to think Murphey's Law. For example, my front door is an older pane glass kind with 10 inch panes. I boarded up the bottom panes on both sides as soon as my kid started to crawl. My wife said it looked ghetto but if babby slams her head into the wood it will hurt but not potentially lacerate her neck.

Call me a helicopter parent if you want. I let her bump her head, fall down and make other mistakes from which she can learn, but I want to minimize time in the ER.

I'll wait for the exchange program;

Guns, Needles, Tube TVs.

dukeblue219: "Steve Shapiro, sales manager at Abt Electronics in Glenview, Ill., says old TVs often are more dangerous: A 32-inch tube TV weighs about 325 pounds, he says"

That seems awfully heavy to me... right?

No way a 32" is 325 pounds, they're under 150 pounds. 27" crts are 60 to 90 pounds. I've moved lots of homes back in the '90s, and I carried lots of 27" by my self, and some 32" as well depending on the hand holds. The rear projection giant screens are the worst.

Sin_City_Superhero: dukeblue219: "Steve Shapiro, sales manager at Abt Electronics in Glenview, Ill., says old TVs often are more dangerous: A 32-inch tube TV weighs about 325 pounds, he says"

That seems awfully heavy to me... right?

I had a 32" Sony a few years ago. 325 lbs. sounds about right. SOB was heavy.

Depends on what type of TV it was. My parents have a WICKED heavy 40"+ TV in their house right now that my dad and i had to bring in. I'm by no means weak but it took us almost a half an hour to bring it up 6 steps halfway through the house and then the 2 and a half feet into the cabinet it was going into. The thing barely fit through a 36" doorway.

Problem is, people replace bulky tube sets (or even older, heavier flat panels) with newer, sleeker models...then the next "logical" step is to move that older set into the kid's playroom or something. It's usually placed ona piece of furniture not designed to hold TVs. Look at an average TV stand...2 feet off the ground in many cases, wide top plate for the TV to have proper footing...don't put a 150lb tube TV on a narrow dresser. Horrible idea.

Can't they just attach the warning labels directly on the parents?

Robot Chicken did it.

I'm skeptical about televisions being involved.

I think we have a serial crusher on the loose in Chicago.

theFword: dukeblue219: "Steve Shapiro, sales manager at Abt Electronics in Glenview, Ill., says old TVs often are more dangerous: A 32-inch tube TV weighs about 325 pounds, he says"

That seems awfully heavy to me... right?

No way a 32" is 325 pounds, they're under 150 pounds. 27" crts are 60 to 90 pounds. I've moved lots of homes back in the '90s, and I carried lots of 27" by my self, and some 32" as well depending on the hand holds. The rear projection giant screens are the worst.

I see two courses of action here:

Regulate the industry, require wall anchors, straps, and other safety equipment as described in the article. Sanitize the entire world for everyone who purchases a TV, other appliance, or any heavy furniture or other item which could fall and injure a child, regardless of whether the purchaser of those goods will ever have a child around the product or not. Introduce these regulations at the height of media coverage in order to maximize knee-jerk approval by the populace. Ignore the fact that these regulations overwhelmingly apply to appliances and goods which are becoming obsolete and disappearing from the market at an increasing pace.

or,

Accept personal responsibility when putting heavy items in a place where they could potentially fall.

(I like the first option best)

I remember Jeff Foxworthy saying something about "We just had our house baby proofed. Baby proofing?! When I was a kid, we had a 900 pound TV on a rickety stand! My Dad said "Let him pull it on his head a few times! He'll learn!"

This is my worst nightmare. I've heard of this happening to a few kids. Please link to those wall anchors. My kid will be able to pull a TV onto his head in a few months.

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: I remember Jeff Foxworthy saying something about "We just had our house baby proofed. Baby proofing?! When I was a kid, we had a 900 pound TV on a rickety stand! My Dad said "Let him pull it on his head a few times! He'll learn!"

It sounds like that guy might be a working class, rural, white person.