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RECALL ALERT: National Recall for 500k Car Seats
Diono issues national recall for 500K car seats
More than 500,000 child car seats manufactured by a company called Diono are being recalled as they may not adequately protect children in a car crash.
The recall covers the following convertible and booster seats:
- Radian R100
- Radian R120
- Radian RXT
- Olympia
- Pacifica
- Rainier
The seats were made from as early as January of 2014 through to September of this year by Diono, which used to be called Sunshine Kids Juvenile.
Documents which were posted on Thursday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say that when the seats are secured using a lap belt without the top tether, children over 65 pounds have an increased risk of chest injury in a crash.
Diono, who are based in Sumner, Washington, says that it has no reports of injuries and that few children who weigh more than 65 pounds will be harnessed into the seats.
The problem was discovered during company testing.
The company will send owners of the affected seats, a kit with an energy absorbing pad and a new chest clip at no cost.
The recall is expected to start on Nov. 22.
Customers with any questions can call Diono at (855) 463-4666.
Parents May Go To Jail If Their Kids Found Bullying Others
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- Parents In the New York Town of North Tonawanda May Go To Jail If Their Kid is Found Bullying Other Children
- Parents typically believe that their own children are less involved in bullying (as victims or perpetrators) than their children actually report
- The town’s leaders say that it is intended to address repeat bullying
Parents of kids who bully other children could possibly face a fine and/or jail time under a new city law in North Tonawanda, New York – a city just north of Buffalo.
This means that the kids who bully would not only be accountable, through things school expulsion, but their parents may also be legally responsible.
The law took effect on October 1, and according to theWashington Post, parents are liable to fines of $250 and/or sentenced to 15 days in jail if their child violates the city’s curfew or any other city law. – This includes an anti-bullying law –twice within a 90-day period.
This town clearly takes parental responsibility very seriously.
City officials said that the law is geared toward minors who repeatedly bully other children in public places.
The Washington Post reported that members of the city council – which unanimously passed the law – hope that this new law will put a stop to bullying by holding parents accountable for their kid’s actions.
“We want the message out there that we’re serious about this. We don’t want anyone to be afraid to be in our city, or walk the streets or go to school,” North Tonawanda Mayor Art Pappas said to WIVB4 News.
Nonetheless, Pappas noted that city leadership is focused more on prevention, and repeat offenders, than punishment.
The law comes after four teenagers were reportedly expelled from North Tonawanda Middle School for alleged bullying, and the town’s leaders say that it’s intended to address repeat bullying.
“We didn’t feel like maybe anything was being done and then all of a sudden I heard about this ordinance going through so it was shocking and welcomed,”Victoria Crago, whose son was attacked by classmates in June, said to WIVB4 News.
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Although the incident happened off from school grounds, Crago was compelled to do something about it.
After she learned that other parents had also complained of violence at North Tonawanda middle school, a Facebook group named the “North Tonawanda Coalition for Safe Schools and Streets” was created to help prevent bullying and violence.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month and parents obviously play a critical role in stopping and preventing bullying.
According to StopBullying.gov, Parents typically believe that their own children are less involved in bullying (as victims or perpetrators) than their children actually report. The organization suggests that parents talk to their kids early and often about bullying, and act as a model as to how to treat others with kindness.“I think that these teens have figured out that they can get away with this which is why they’re repeat offenders,” said Crago. “But if there’s a tougher law in place it may give them pause.”
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