British ministers urged to issue guidance on unattended children.

[carlymichelle]

children don't ..old people do

children can and do die from falls and   anything else 

[carlymichelle]

That's not what the statistics say. Elderly people are more likely to die from falls than anything else but death from falls within the general population happen, though less frequently than with older people.

children have also died  from tv sets falling on them

[Mr Gray]

That's not what the statistics say. Elderly people are more likely to die from falls than anything else but death from falls within the general population happen, though less frequently than with older people.

give me one example anywhere in the world of a child dying as a result of a  fall from a chair or sofa..this is the standard of logic you are using...no wonder you and others have got everything wrong

[faithlilly]

give me one example anywhere in the world of a child dying as a result of a  fall from a chair or sofa..this is the standard of logic you are using...no wonder you and others have got everything wrong

Statistics tell you it happens. That individual cases are not reported in the media etc is neither here nor there.

[carlymichelle]

give me one example anywhere in the world of a child dying as a result of a  fall from a chair or sofa..this is the standard of logic you are using...no wonder you and others have got everything wrong

davel im not being mean but the  sad reality is that children DO die of household accidents     and you  deny it everytime  why???   children  die  everyday of all kinds of things  you have to face  it

[carlymichelle]

Statistics tell you it happens. That individual cases are not reported in the media etc is neither here nor there.

small children have fragile skulls any  fall can fracture their skull

[pathfinder73]

There's a big difference between falling on carpet/wooden floor and concrete for obvious reasons. If any young child fell from the sofa in 5A then they were landing on hard tiles not carpet. A head first fall could be fatal.

[Mr Gray]

There's a big difference between falling on carpet/wooden floor and concrete for obvious reasons. If any young child fell from the sofa in 5A then they were landing on hard tiles not carpet. A head first fall could be fatal.

sorry doctor you are quite wrong...it has never happened....

[ferryman]

Statistics tell you it happens. That individual cases are not reported in the media etc is neither here nor there.

Statistics tell you abductions happen.

But you seem quite keen to discount that.

[pathfinder73]

sorry doctor you are quite wrong...it has never happened....

Young children falling head first onto concrete and dying has never happened? You are wrong.

[Mr Gray]

small children have fragile skulls any  fall can fracture their skull

Would not be fatal.....it has never happened

[Mr Gray]

Statistics tell you it happens. That individual cases are not reported in the media etc is neither here nor there.

probably covered up by the same people who are protecting the mccanns..so all the other fatal accidents are reported...but the ones due to falls from sofas are not...

[carlymichelle]

Would not be fatal.....it has never happened

how do you know???

[faithlilly]

Statistics tell you abductions happen.

But you seem quite keen to discount that.

No one is saying abductions don't happen, simply that it didn't in this instance.

[Eleanor]

No one is saying abductions don't happen, simply that it didn't in this instance.

How do you know?