Shaken Baby Syndrome is somewhat taboo and simple prevention tactics aren’t talked about often with parents, significant others, family members, and caretakers.
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This short PSA is one father’s message to other men: parenting can be stressful, and it’s important to take a break to calm down before attending to babies and young children. Pete Byron is the primary caretaker for Chelsea, his wife’s daughter who was shaken as an infant. Chelsea has life-long physical and developmental delays from being shaken. Even now with Chelsea 13 years old, Pete’s daily tasks include changing her diaper, helping her get into and out of her wheelchair, and assisting with all of her basic needs. Shaken Baby Syndrome is somewhat taboo and simple prevention tactics aren’t talked about often with parents, significant others, family members, and caretakers. As it’s believed that 70% of people who shake a baby are male—most doing so without bad intentions—this video aims to make information about Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention more widely available.
This video is sponsored by the nonprofit Stop Shaken Baby Syndrome, Inc., which is currently running a crowdfunding campaign, here, to train prevention educators across the country. That campaign ends this coming Thursday, May 8th.