Health Canada has issued a safety warning regarding IKEA VYSSA crib mattresses from supplier 21905 with a date stamp of 1418 (YYWW) or earlier (details found on mattress label).
While no injuries were sustained, Health Canada has received one report—and IKEA has received five—of a gap between VYSSA VACKERT crib mattresses, posing a potential entrapment risk for infants.
Just when I thought my bulldog pup was all kinds of crazy, this three-year-old Great Dane just raised—or lowered?—the bar. The poor pooch was rushed to an animal hospital in Oregon in February, retching from something he ate.
Oh, you cleaned your room without me asking—said no parent in the history of forever. One dad clearly was getting nowhere nagging his teenagers to do basic chores at home. So he decided to think out of the box by getting his kids to watch him on the box. (This is where we're at, people, sad but totally true. If you want to talk to your teens, you'll have to do it via social media.)
From one coast to another, Canada is handling back-to-school very differently. While parents in British Columbia are tearing out their hair over the ongoing teachers' strike, those in Quebec are rejoicing over a pilot program that will see homework scrapped for an entire year.
A five-year-old with a brain tumour has sparked an ethical debate. While doctors were pursuing a certain course of treatment, the boy's parents insisted he try out a new treatment they learned about on the Internet. Both parties want what's best for the boy; both disagree about what "best" actually comprises.
While the rest of us were panicking and foraging the aisles of Staples for last-minute school supplies, some bored soul hacked into Apple iClouds containing hundreds of nude photographs (some previously deleted) of female celebrities, among them released images of actress Jennifer Lawrence and supermodel Kate Upton.
It can happen to anyone. And it does. An average of 40 kids die in hot cars every year in the US—a stat so tragic and avoidable that Matthew Sheets couldn’t stand by and watch anymore. So, Sheets created Starfish—a weight-activated car seat sensor that alerts your smartphone if you happen to leave the car without your child.
Using Bluetooth technology, Starfish connects to your iPhone or Android and “fits snugly in your child’s car seat.” How handy. How clever.
Testing revealed that the product doesn't comply with safety performance requirements under ASTM F 1838-98 (Standard Performance Requirements for Child's Plastic Chairs for Outdoor Use).
