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#1 Thing You Should Never Do With Your Kid If You Own This Common Home Appliance

Author Lauren Beckham Falcone
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#1 Thing You Should Never Do With Your Kid If You Own This Common Home Appliance (Spoiler altert: Ceiling Fans Dangerous for Kids)

File this under: Isn’t this obvious? Don’t toss your kid in the air if you have a ceiling fan.

Ceiling Fans Dangerous for Kids? Yeah, no kidding.

But apparently, this a major problem.

A study in the journal Pediatrics found between 2013 and 2021, emergency rooms saw 20,500 ceiling fan-related injuries.

What?

Emergency rooms treat more than 2,300 children for head injuries stemming from ceiling fans, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission found

The most commonly treated injury from ceiling fans are deep wounds, according to Pediatrics. Skull fractures accounted for five to 18 percent of cases.

The study found head injuries from ceiling fans happen most often in two age groups: babies under one year old and four-year-old children.

What the heck is wrong with people?

It’s time for a reality check about why parenting and common sense sometimes seem to be on different planets. We’re talking about the spectacularly silly act of tossing your kid into the air like a mini human cannonball while a ceiling fan spins above.

First off, parents, I get it. You’re juggling tantrums, dirty diapers, and sleep deprivation like Olympic feats.

But launching your offspring skyward when there’s a fan swirling like a helicopter propeller?

That’s like playing catch with a watermelon indoors – messy consequences incoming.

Kids are kids, not human yo-yos. Also, imagine the sheer chaos your tot is experiences as it inches closer to the blades of doom.

Sure, it’s tempting to aim for that perfect Instagrammable moment of laughter and airborne joy. But, unless you want your ceiling fan to double as an emergency hair salon for your kiddo, maybe let gravity do its thing.

Ceiling fans aren’t designed for tiny trapeze artists.

Remember, parenting is about keeping the kids alive and well. So, maybe save the airborne acrobatics for the backyard, away from fan blades that can make a salad out of your kid’s hairdo.

If you’re aiming for a laugh, there are safer and less hair-raising ways to go viral. Keep those fans fan-tastically far from your child’s take-off trajectory. Your future self and your kid’s untangled hair will thank you.

Lauren Beckham Falcone is the co-host of Bob & LBF in the Morning. Formerly an award-winning reporter and columnist for the Boston Herald, she credits her current success as a pop culture commentator to watching too much TV as a kid and scouring the internet too much as an adult. LBF is a regular contributor to NECN and is an honorary board member at the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. Lauren lives in Canton with her husband Dave and her daughter Lucy. Lauren writes about trending topics, New England destinations, and seasonal DIY.

11 Wildly Inappropriate Vintage Commercials You Don't Want Your Kids to See

You want to sell me what?

11 Wildly  Inappropriate Vintage Commercials will make you question everything you know.

You know vintage commercials. Those delightful relics of a time gone by when gender stereotypes were rampant, racial insensitivity was the norm, and smoking was not only socially acceptable but downright fashionable.

Truly, a golden age of advertising.

Click HERE if you want to check out 80s vintage perfume ads. Click HERE for the best Super Bowl ads.

Ads  sexualized women and objectified them as nothing more than eye candy. Then there are the ones that perpetuated harmful racial stereotypes.

Vintage commercials were a masterclass in inappropriate messaging.

Who can forget the iconic Marlboro Man, the rugged cowboy who convinced millions of impressionable young men that smoking was the epitome of masculinity?

Or the “charmingly” sexist ads that told women they could only be happy and fulfilled if they had the latest household gadget or cleaning product?

And let’s not forget the cringe-worthy commercials that shamelessly promoted unhealthy and dangerous products.

Who needs seatbelts when you can drive a car with “power brakes” and “power steering”? And why bother with healthy eating when you can have a sugary bowl of cereal for breakfast?

Yes, vintage commercials were truly a sight to behold.

But let’s be honest, they were also a product of their time. They reflected the values and attitudes of the society in which they were created, and while that doesn’t excuse their inappropriate content, it does help us understand why they were so prevalent.

Thankfully, we’ve come a long way since the days of inappropriate vintage commercials. Advertising has become more diverse, inclusive, and socially responsible, and companies are increasingly held accountable for the messages they put out into the world.

But let’s not forget the lessons of the past. Let’s use these vintage commercials as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much further we still have to go.

It all seemed very sweet. But look closer. Some of these ads will make you want to call the cops.

Or at least a family therapist.

  • Johnson Boats

    OK, perhaps the term wasn’t part of the vernacular back then. But that’s the ONLY excuse.

  • Balzac

    Overheard in the pitch room:

    Person 1: “So, it’s a ball and it’s kind of like a hacky sac.”

    Person: 2 “We should combine the two words!”

    Person: 3 “Great idea!”

    Voice over: “It was, as they found out later, not a great idea.”

  • The Wunder Boner

    OK, this is a joke, right? I mean, it’s an SNL spoof, correct? Did this actually air on the TELEVISION?

  • RSPCA

    Ok, this is SERIOUSLY messed up. Trigger warning. Literally.

  • Minolta X7

    Hey, we want to sell you a camera! Especially if you are a pervert who likes to spy on women who randomly take off their clothes. Also, the look at the end? Male fantasy. She’s not smiling. She’s filing a 51A.

  • The Flintstones

    I love my children’s cartoons chock full of sexism and sponsored by a product that will go on to kill millions of people. Fred and Barney, you should be ASHAMED!

  • National Airlines

    Ride Judy. Good GOD in heaven. I can’t even with this.

  • Love's Baby Soft

    I don’t know what level 3 sex offender was in charge of this campaign, but my guess is his work bonus was a white van, duct tape and chloroform. This is so messed up, I need to go bleach my eyes.

  • Nestea Plunge

    The best wet yet. I’m just going to leave this here.

  • Maxwell House

    I’m hoping this husband falls off his stupid boat and is eaten slowly by a swarm of sharks.

  • Folgers

    Mrs. Olson, why are you teaching this woman how to make coffee? You should be taking her to family court so she can divorce this smug jerk.

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