Emily Oster, PhD

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Is It Really Important to Anchor Furniture?

Q&A on injuries from furniture

Emily Oster, PhD

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Is it really that important to anchor furniture?

—Anonymous

The number of injuries from non-anchored furniture is small. However: the cost, in time and money, to anchoring furniture in your child’s room is also small. This feels to me like a place where you can buy a lot of peace of mind by doing something easy.

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