Oh for goodness sake. All three of my kids used a walker. Zero accidents. We live in a house that has all the living on the ground level so there were no stairs to worry about and my kids were supervised.
During a childs life one of the most dangerous things that parents will expose their kids to is Cars. They will put their kids into them almost daily and sometimes several times a day. More children per year will die from car accidents then from baby walkers but no one throws a fit when they see a parent strapping their kid into their car seat. Even though they are in a car seat they are still at risk. We all are every single time we go out in a car. But no one makes a fuss

Well obviously the child was being supervised or else the video wouldn’t exist.

Dangerous?!?! I do not think so. As long as appropriate supervision and safety rules are followed, there should be any issues

Some never crawl as such. One of ours slid himself along on his bottom pulling himself along the floor with one hand on the floor and holding a toy in the other hand before he walked. It wasn’t long before he was running everywhere. We had to teach him “no running inside”. The daughter of a friend of ours slid along on their stomach, not up on her knees for awhile before she eventually crawled properly.

I think ‘dangerous’ is a bit of an exaggeration. I never believed in using these as I read about them and the delays to walking that they can cause, etc. but I had a friend who used one and I don’t think they are dangerous as such- no more dangerous to other products where there is a recommendation to not leave a child unsupervised.

It’s not like Stormi was left alone. Someone was clearly filming the whole time. I used a walker when I was little and I also had one for my boys when they were little. Thought it was safer than the bouncer you use in a door frame. Strengthens the legs etc.

wow, this is news to me, all 3 of my boys used walkers and never had any issues learning to walk, they were actually all early to hit that milestone.
i dont really see the danger unless they aren’t being supervised, common sense is all thats required to keep a little one safe in a walker!

It’s not dangerous if she’s being monitored which she clearly was because someone was taking a photo of her!

Some people are so silly and need to get a social life.

So, we used a baby walker and only and always with supervision. But… if you don’t like what she’s doing, don’t follower her!!!!

I just don’t get the obsession with that family. Who cares!

Yes, they’re dangerous, but plenty of parents manage to use them safely.

Why do people constantly find things to judge celebrities about. Always so easy to cast the first stone!

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  There does seem to be a lot of negativity and judgment towards celebrities and I do not understand it. Seems like such a waste of energy and time!

Can we stop parent shaming? These products haven’t been officially recalled so it isn’t like she went out of her way to source one to hurt her child. Aiming these concerns at the manufacturer’s or safety standard Board’s would be better use of this energy.

My first child now 3, was crawling from 4 months and trying to walk shortly after. We put him in a walker at around 4.5 months and he loved being upright and scooting around. He would try to sweep the floor and actually was walking well before 1. I think all kids are different. My second son now 1 is not yet crawling and does not like being in the walker for long periods of time at all. Only a mother can know what her child needs or is comfortable with because all kids are so vastly different. I can’t imagine having my parenting scrutinised by the world as much as this young mums is.