One of the very best things about social media is that a parental warning has the ability to make its way around the internet like wildfire, and no doubt the following post will make a major difference to lives all over the world.

 

A mother in the US has reminded parents not to place their child’s car seat up on top of their shopping trolley as – as her own experience proves – accidents can happen far too easily.

 

Sharing a photo of her half-toppled shopping trolley with her child’s car seat falling out of it and onto her car bonnet, Lindsey Wisnewski issued the following warning.

 

So this just happened. I was strapping my preschooler into his car seat and the wind slightly caught one wheel and the...

Posted by Lindsey Wisnewski on Thursday, January 21, 2016

 

Referring to her child as ‘A’, she wrote: “I was strapping my pre-schooler into his car seat, and the wind slightly caught one wheel and the weight of the infant car seat pulled the whole thing down over the curb. No worries – I was wearing A in my baby-carrier, so she was not in the car seat at the time.”

 

“Please, please, please parents; do not put the car seat on the top part of the cart! Any car seat technician will tell you that it’s extremely unsafe,” she added, reminding us that “accidents happen in the blink of an eye”.

 

While most alerts about car seats focus on the seat being in the car, this is definitely a scenario that most mums and dads wouldn’t even think about. If a warning can have a positive impact on just one life, then it’s most certainly worth it.

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