Shopping Carts Blamed, But Parents Are At Fault Letter Of The Week: From Nov. 22

There was another headline recently that made me tired. “Shopping carts hurt thousands of kids,” (Nov. 15 Spokesman-Review).

That’s as ridiculous as baby walkers hurting babies. Researchers think the “carts should be banned until they are redesigned for safety.” Yet, above that ridiculous statement, the article said, “Some 25,000 children a year are injured when they fall or jump from shopping carts or when the carts tip over.”

It doesn’t take much research to figure out that if the parents wouldn’t allow their kids to act like orangutans in the cart, and if the parents stayed with the cart, it wouldn’t tip over and the kids wouldn’t fall or jump out.

I have children who have made it to adulthood unscathed by walkers and shopping carts. Somehow their children have survived, so far, the walkers and carts with no surprise attack by either object.

When are people doing to realize the phrase, “sense of responsibility” still exists? I suppose it’s easier to sue the manufacturer. Mary Counts Simpson Spokane

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