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Is It Safe to Use Second-Hand Baby Gates?
The thrift store gate looks fine. Good brand, solid welds, no obvious damage, and it’s $8 instead of $80. Every parent has stood in that aisle and done the math. But with baby gates, the math is more complicated than...
ASTM Baby Gate Standards Explained: What F1004 and F2462 Mean for Your Family
About 93,000 children under 5 are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for stair-related injuries, according to a Nationwide Children’s Hospital analysis of CPSC NEISS data. That works out to roughly one child every six minutes. Baby gates are...