Each year in the United States, more than 2,200 children – or six kids a day – die from an injury in the home. Learn what parents are concerned about and what they do ̶ or don’t do ̶ to keep kids safe in the home.
Each year in the United States, more than 2,200 children – or six kids a day – die from an injury in the home. “Report to the Nation: Protecting Children in Your Home,” a report made possible with support from Nationwide, is based on a survey of 1,010 parents. It explores what parents are concerned about and what they do ̶ or don’t do ̶ to keep kids safe in the home.
With people still talking about the Nationwide Super Bowl ad that brought dramatic attention to the number one killer of kids, preventable injuries, we’re releasing new research that reveals the scope of the problem in a place most parents assume is safe: the home. Every day, six children die from an injury in the home, and 10,000 go to the emergency department for the kinds of injuries that commonly happen in homes.