Overprotective parents could make playtime MORE dangerous for their children

Overprotective measures from parents make playground accidents more likely to take place, a study has found.

A study conducted by Mineola, New York’s Winthrop University Hospital found that each injury reported through the use of a slide occurs after a child rides on the lap of a parent.

Dr John T. Gaffney, a chief of pediatric orthopedic surgery who was behind the research, said that parents are understandably shocked to discover they [...]