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.
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