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Tossing Your Children In The Air And Ceiling Fans Don’t Mix…Duh!

Author Morty

August 21st, 2023 11:51 AM

Black ceiling fan hanging from wood ceiling.

Ceiling fans and children don’t mix.

As a parent, you’ve probably tossed your child in the air to make them laugh. Outside is obviously the ideal place to do so. But, there’s always the ones who do it indoors. Most who do this make sure it’s safe to do so. Then there’s the parents who forget there’s a ceiling fan.

Look Up!

At the expense of fun and giggles, you toss your child up in your home and BAM! You child hits the ceiling fan . . . while it’s on. Believe it or not, this is more common than you think.

According to data collected by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and a study done by the Dell Children’s Trauma and Injury Research Center, emergency rooms treated about 2,300 children because of head injuries due to ceiling fans. That’s just children. If you take all the emergency visits because of ceiling fans, it totals about 20,500 in an 8 year span, according to NBC!

Doctors say that the number of incidents is probably way higher. This is because some people don’t report or go to the emergency room when this happens.

It’s Easier To Do Than You Think

Doctors say that it’s common for this injury to happen. They say to take into consideration your personal height. If you’re 6-foot-tall personm and you have a home with ceilings that are 8-feet high that leaves not much room. With a ceiling fan in the room, the allotted space decreases, leaving you with about one-foot of space. If you toss your kid up in the air or you jump, it’s unavoidable if you’re under a ceiling fan.

In the United States, the study found that two age groups had the most injuries due to ceiling fans. That was children under one-years-old and children who were four-years-old.

We have more on this story in today’s edition of a Few Things You Should Know!

Morty is the Executive Producer of “The Mike And Carla Morning Show” on 96.3 KKLZ. He's been a part of the show and station for 5 years. Aside from producing the morning show, he has served as production director for over 20 years. Those commercials you hear between the music, he produced a lot of them for Las Vegas! He loves music, playing guitar, all things Vegas Golden Knights, the Steelers, and his English Bulldog, Squish! He will talk forever with you on any of these things! Morty writes about peculiar news stories and Las Vegas happenings.

Here's How You Know If You're The 'Favorite Child'

Were you the “favorite child” in your family? It’s been said the most parents absolutely have a favorite child, but most *smart* parents won’t just tell you who that child is.

It could be the oldest, it could be the youngest – it probably isn’t the middle child, though. KIDDING! Well – now there’s supposedly a sneaky new way to get it out of your parents.

Over the past few months, there’s been a silly trend on TikTok (what – a silly trend on TikTok??), where kids log out of Netflix, and then they ask their parents for the password. If one of the kids’ names is in the password, they’re determined to be the “password child,” and their parents’ secret FAVORITE child!

There were some funny responses online: One person said, “I’m an only child and I’m not even the password child.” Another said, “My sister is the password child, but I’M the one who they come to when THEY forget the password.” And in the words of another: “Nothing hurts worse than getting replaced as password child by the dog.” Ouch!

Here’s the video that started it all.

Others said that they’re the password child for one of their parents but not the other. And one person joked about their family being thrown into chaos when the password was: “TheAdopted1.” Ahh – you have to love parents with a sense of humor!

Now, if your parents’ password ISN’T a child’s name, and is 47 random characters, you won’t know who their favorite child is. And you’ll become the least favorite child for logging them out, because now they have to reset their password, and they can’t remember their username either. But on the plus side, your parents are far less likely to lose your inheritance by being hacked, that’s for sure!

On the flip side of it all, here’s how you know you are NOT the favorite child in the family…

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