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For Immediate Release
Contact: Kathleen Begala
November 20, 1997
(301) 504-0580 Ext. 1193
Release 98-028
CPSC and Pampers Parenting Institute Announce First-Ever
Joint Grandchild Safety Campaign
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) and the Pampers Parenting Institute are
joining together to offer important safety and child
nurturing tips to grandparents. With millions of children
getting set to visit their grandparents' homes over the
holidays, CPSC Chairman Ann Brown and Dr. T. Berry
Brazelton, world-renowned pediatrician and Chairman, Pampers
Parenting Institute, today unveiled a free booklet, "A
Grandparents Guide for Family Nurturing and Safety."
The easy-to-read booklet contains critical information
on child development as well as potentially life saving
safety advice to help grandparents kid-proof their homes and
protect grandchildren, from newborns to five-year-olds. The
publication is co-produced by CPSC and the Pampers Parenting
Institute and is available free of charge through the
Consumer Information Center. The toll-free number to call
is 1-888-8-PUEBLO. The booklet will also be posted on both
the Pampers Parenting Institute Web site at www.pampers.com
and the CPSC Web site at www.cpsc.gov.
As more and more grandparents become primary caregivers
of American children (a U.S. Census Bureau study cites 1.3
million children are entrusted to grandparents every day),
the Pampers Parenting Institute, a forum where leading
experts provide parents with information on child care, and
the CPSC are responding to the immediate need for reaching
grandparents with this important information.
Chairman Brown said the goal of the initiative is to
encourage grandparents to spend time with their
grandchildren in a healthy and safe environment. "In the
many years since grandparents were raising their own
children, so many safety issues have arisen or drastically
changed. For example, who would have thought that venetian
blind cords could be a safety hazard? In fact, one child
every month dies from strangulation after becoming entangled
in the loop of these cords. The booklet, 'A Grandparents
Guide for Family Nurturing and Safety,' has a practical
grandchild safety checklist to point out hidden dangers in
the home. We want every grandparent to be aware of these
child-safety concerns - especially during the
holidays when so many children are visiting Grandma and
Grandpa."
In the booklet, T. Berry Brazelton offers expert advice
on overcoming common grandparenting "hurdles" to fully
experience the wonders of a loving and nurturing extended
family. Notes Dr. Brazelton, "Grandparents do so much that
is right and child development studies show that children
have so much to gain - family values are reinforced, family
history is shared and, of course, every child benefits from
the somewhat notorious spoiling and extra-special attention
grandparents give their grandchildren."
Dr. Brazelton further comments, "Grandparents can
provide a wonderful, often much-needed break from the daily
strains of raising children in the 1990s. What a shame that
there are some real potential relationship pitfalls in
extended families that can disrupt a healthy relationship
and create undue tensions. For instance, some grandparents
may step beyond a little overindulgence with their
grandchildren to not adhering to rules set by the parents.
In 'A Grandparents Guide for Family Nurturing and Safety,'
Chairman Brown and myself address these concerns - as
grandparents ourselves - and hope we can help families
recognize the inspiring and awesome role models that
grandparents can be."
The Pampers Parenting Institute provides a forum where
parents can interact with foremost child health and
development experts. Established in October 1996, the
Pampers Parenting Institute, chaired by Dr. Brazelton, is
designed to be an important resource to providing parents
with the knowledge and advice they seek on children, newborn
to age three.
For more information, visit the Pampers Parenting Institute
Web site at www.pampers.com.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is a
federal agency that helps keep families and children safe in
their homes by overseeing the safety of 15,000 types of
consumer products.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related
injury and for information on CPSC's fax-on-demand service,
call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's
teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To order a press release
through fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset
of your fax machine and enter the release number. Consumers
can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's web
site at http://www.cpsc.gov or via Internet gopher services
at cpsc.gov. Consumers can report product hazards to
info@cpsc.gov. To establish a link from your web site to
this press release on CPSC's web site, create a link to the
following address:
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml98/98028.html.
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