Customer Reviews

The Consumer Reports Guide to Childproofing & Safety: Tips to Protect your Baby and Child from Injury at Home and on the Go

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Every parent should read this comprehensive, easy-to-read and understand guide to child safety at home, outdoors, and in the car. There is an enormous amount of information so I suggest parents, especially new parents, do a quick read to learn about hazards in familiar surroundings and what parents can do to prevent injury. Then when you are ready to buy a bicycle and helmet carefully re-read that section in the chapter, "On the Go" which also covers strollers, skates, and how to be a safe pedestrian. This book is so comprehensive I could only come up with one omission: under food safety I would have added food spoilage and hazards like bacterial contamination of purchased food urging parents to keep abreast of food recalls and warnings. Might a new parent feel overwhelmed thinking about all the possible dangers in their child's world? Maybe, but better safe than sorry. Plus the book will help a parent develop a "safety reflex" so you automatically turn in the pot handle even though there are no toddlers around. Plus you will be modeling that safety reflex for your kids which will help keep your future grandchildren safe.

Marilyn Heins, MD
Pediatrician and parenting educator
http://www.ParentKidsRight.com

Do you have a subscription to Consumer Reports online? Then you can skip this book and just surf for the latest reviews. Otherwise, this is a fine little book to prepare you on what to look for, what questions to ask. It's actually a little thin on specific recommendations -- not every product has a review per se -- and be forewarned: there are no recommendations on car seats, as they are re-evaluating their safety criteria on car seats/crash worthiness. You may be just as well off getting the recommended list from your registry at Babies-R-Us or Target or wherever, and looking at the online customer reviews of the products.

This book is written by one of the most trusted names in the Pro-Consumer field: Consumer Reports. CR will test everything and give you an honest review, that is why I decided to purchase this book, since I'm a new father and wanted to provide the safest environment to my baby. This book gives you very good tips to protect your child anywhere and everywhere. Some of the details may apply to your home, some might not, but in summary, you will find everything you need to keep your little one away from known dangers, and that is priceless. For the price, this book is a steal. I recommend it!

This book should be given to every mother of a new-born upon discharge from the hospital. It is broken down into chapters composed of short "tips" on how to improve the safety of your child at home. Even the most busy parent can read a few of the tips at a time and learn useful information. A few tips are common sense, but many reflect real world experience and insight. If you don't have an infant or toddler at home, buy it and give it as a gift to someone who does. It may be the most important gift a parent will ever receive.

This book is well organized and clear, though I recommend that the nervous among us approach it with care. It is good to be vigilant, and the book is an excellent guide for the purpose, but a slavish attention to every admonishment would be inadvisable, or you will go nuts. Use it as a reference, not for night-time reading.

Great book for first time parents in understanding what to childproof, but I wish there were more how to install instructions. I also wish that they'd give more information on people to "hire" to help you. It just didn't give enough information. It's a good start though.

With all the information about child safety out there, it is great to have all this information in one place and from a trusted source. The book is easy to read and the information is presented clearly and concisely. I recommend it as the must have resource for parents (and anyone who takes care of children in their home).

This isn't what you expect from consumer reports. All this book does is tell you what you need for baby-proofing your home. You can find this information anywhere on the internet. Their other books and their monthly magazine review different products and let you know which ones were better so you know what brand to buy. After reading this you still have to research what the better brands are.

New parents are bombarded with this stuff all the time. Why subject yourself to an entire book of fearmongering? I was hoping for a "room by room" description of what to cover up and contain, but instead I got "600 ways to Kill your kids". Enough is enough.

This was okay. It explained all of the things to look for when baby-proofing and what types of products are available to make things safer, but it wasn't anything special. I ended up returning the book.