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"A Surprising Risk for Toddlers at Playground Slides"



A Surprising Risk for Toddlers on Playground Slides

The Well Column |
By TARA PARKER-POPE
| April 23, 2012, 5:46 pm 51

 
Last spring, Katie Dickman of Dunkirk, Md., was at the playground with her 18-month-old toddler, Hannah, when the little girl asked to ride down a twisting slide. Ms. Dickman accompanied her daughter, carefully keeping the child on her lap as they coasted to the bottom.
But without warning, Hannah’s sneaker caught on the side of the slide. Although Ms. Dickman grabbed the leg and unstuck her daughter’s foot, by the time they reached the ground, the girl was whimpering and could not walk. A doctor’s visit later revealed a fractured tibia.

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