In this article from the New York Times, they detail a surprising and disturbing trend:  well-meaning parents are injuring their children by putting them on their laps as they go down playground slides.  It turns out that children’s feet can hit the edge of the slide and the force of the heavy parent can injure their legs.

With summer around the corner, I thought I would detail ten ways well-meaning parents can hurt their kids:

1. Going down a playground slide with a child in their laps.
2. Forgetting to strap child into stroller.
3. Dressing them funny.
4. Giving them a weird name that other kids will hate.
5. “Airplane” and “train” crashes:  accidentally smashing spoons into kids’ teeth.
6. Saying “you can do it” when they can’t.
7. Crappy snack choices
8. World music
9. Franklin on Nick Jr
10. Creating dad blog for child to find years later