Childrens Hoodies: Buying Riskless Clothes For Your Child
There is a ban in the US on any pieces of children’s upper clothing that contains a drawstring. This can be on the hood, at the neck or around the waste. Children have died recently because of drawstrings which has prompted the ban. Children have been strangled by the string as they play on slides or get tangled up. Childrens hoodies should be bought when they do not have drawstrings attached. They can be great items of clothing for children.
Back To The Ban
Landmark decisions against retailers and clothing manufacturers have been after links to serious injury or death. The Consumer Product Safety Commission ruled that they were putting the health and safety of children at risk by even stocking tops with drawstrings on.
A three year old boy tragically lost his life when a drawstring he was wearing got caught in a slide as he was going down it, strangling him, which makes the dangers of drawstrings more apparent. One reason why retailers have gotten away with stocking children’s clothes with drawstrings is because not very many parents knew that they were banned.The CPSC is quicker to find illegal retailers with the public more knowledgeable about the ban.
Nordstrom the Seattle retailer was fined $60,000 for selling banned tops. The same ban led to four more retailers getting a collective fine of over $600,000. Two of them were Kohl’s store and Hills Sportswear. A girl died when her top from Hills got caught on playground equipment.
Every parent should make sure that the clothing they buy their child is safe to be worn. Thinking about how your child’s activities could be risky to your child should be done when buying items. Bike pedals can be a place that loose trousers can get caught causing accidents for example.
Hoodies should not be banned all together. When children wear safe hoodies they look really nice. Children love to wear them because they are comfortable which is a bonus. Not only that, but a hoody is a great winter and autumn staple.