12-20-07
A freak accident just a few days before Christmas left a 3-year-old dead and emergency personnel trying to piece together exactly what happened. The boy likely died from bleeding in the brain caused from an acute blow to the head.

The preschooler was running around the room in his Mesa, Arizona home, when he tripped and fell forward, hitting his head on a coffee table.  His mother tended to his injury, and afterwards he seemed to be OK.  She put him to bed that night, but found him unconscious and unresponsive when she checked the child later on. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died.

This tragic story is an example of how precarious head injuries can be. It’s also a powerful example for your children about why they shouldn’t run indoors. Give them this story to drive the point home, and then read them the book ‘What Bigger Kids Can Do.’