Exposed: The Hidden Dangers of the Latest Viral Child Suitcase Hack
There’s a piece of advice that gets shared regularly on social media, a travel “hack” for parents of young children, that says to just slip them onto your suitcase and roll them through the airport. Genius, right? So much easier than carrying the child, as well as your bags, after you’ve checked the stroller!
What could be easier than slipping them over your rollaboard’s handles, like they’re a laptop bag?
Method of carrying a child with a suitcase pic.twitter.com/IHYNqzIl6H
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I first spotted this advice online a year ago. My eyes popped out, and I wrote that I’d worry about losing control of the bag over uneven ground. After all, suitcases tip over! Sometimes the wheels aren’t steady, or the weight doesn’t balance perfectly. Boom.
Since then I’ve seen the advice everywhere.
@camillesmiith Parents, this is a game changer for real when it comes to traveling with toddlers! #toddler #travel #miamilly #momhack #travelhack #airporthack #fyp #familytravel #suitcase #travelmusthave #travelingwithkids ♬ original sound – Vinny and Moe
Millions of people are watching these videos, and generally eating them up. But this seems dangerous to me. Would you mount your child to a suitcase and roll them through the airport, confident that you’d never stumble with the bag and drop it? Suitcases tip over!
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