if a baby is shaken with force in a moment of anger, it can lead to a lifetime of effects:
shaking can damage a child's brain.
shaking can cause blindness, paralysis, hearing loss, speech and learning difficulties, problems with memory and attention, mental retardation, or seizures.
shaking can even cause death.
children less than 1 year old are particularly at risk. older children can also be seriously injured if they are shaken violently.
no child, at any age, should be shaken.
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