Pediatricians Urge Shopping Cart Restrictions for Kids

A national pediatricians' organization urged parents to stop putting their children in shopping carts on family trips to the grocery store. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), comprised of more than 60,000 pediatricians, cited the growing number of shopping cart-related injuries (and potential defects in the design of the carts themselves) as evidence of the need for a safer alternative to the placement of kids in shopping carts.

• Read the News Release from the AAP
• The AAP's Policy Statement on Shopping Cart-Related Injuries to Children [PDF file]
• AAP Parent Page: Shopping Cart Safety [PDF]
• FindLaw for the Public's Accident & Injury Center