childrens products

    By Linda Doell

    | 12:30PM 4/15/2011
    The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday approved safety standards for toddler beds that tweak the current voluntary safety standards and add rules designed to prevent children from getting hurt. The CPSC said it knows of 122 incidents between 2005 and 2010, including four deaths and...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 10:30PM 8/25/2009
    On the heels of Cash for Clunkers and riding the tide of heightened interest in product safety, Toys R Us is making an unusual offer: Bring in your used cribs, car seats and other baby products and get a discount on new ones. Bring in these products and you'll get 20% off in certain categories and...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 6:15PM 7/22/2009
    Kids' shoe maker Buster Brown is recalling 1.4 million pairs of car-shaped water clogs because their decorative wheels can fall off and pose a choking hazard to young children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.The Chinese-made clogs were sold at major retailers nationwide from...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 1:00PM 7/08/2009
    Kolcraft is recalling 1 million play yards sold over the past decade after nearly 350 reports of the sides collapsing. At least 21 injuries were reported before the recall was initiated, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.The locks that hold up the sides of the play yards can fail,...