While parents can never fully protect their little ones from all the dangers of the world, parents try their best to prevent harm through things that are in their control- like making their child wear a helmet, buckle their seatbelt, or even wear a lifejacket.
Australian mother Angela Brown had always followed safety precautions when it came to her children, and made sure both her 1-year-old and her toddler were always securely strapped into their car seats while in the car.
On February 26, Brown and her husband were on their way home from the dentist with their two young daughters in the backseat when the car slammed into a tree at 60 mph. The crash caused the car to flip and land on the vehicle’s roof.
At the time of the crash, Brown’s 1-year-old, who barely got a scratch, was in a rear-facing car seat, while her older daughter had been sitting in a front-facing car seat and had broken her spine in multiple places.
“She was one of the youngest to be fitted with a Halo Brace the doctor told us that most children with her injury don’t normally make it,” Brown wrote in a post to Facebook as she warned parents of the dangers of front-facing car seats.
“Don’t make the same mistake as I did. It could cost you your babies life,” Brown said.
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[Featured image credit: Facebook/Angela Brown]
Mom Warns Parents About Front-Facing Car Seats After Daughter’s Spine Is Broken In Car Crash is an article from: LifeDaily