If your friend recently had a baby, you may want to consider getting them a more practical gift, a TV Safety Strap
Children are naturally curious and often go toward televisions to touch them. Flat screen televisions are lighter and their position can be changed by a child and fall over much more easily than a heavier tube television. But older Tub Televisions are dangerous as well especially if they are placed on top of dressers in bedrooms. A television falling from a dresser can fall with the force of thousands of pounds or 10 times more powerful than being hit by a NFL lineman. (Source: 2014 “U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission” report “Product instability”)
A TV safety strap can be easily installed using the included hardware and many television stands are being made to provide an area where the strap can be attached to the television stand. Basically, there are two screws that attach to the television and one that attaches to the television stand (or wall unit). If the TV tips over, the television will fall only a short distance but not on top of the child. The strap allows for the television to move side to side but not downwards for any significant distance. Your friend may look at your gift with some wonderment at first but print out this article and enclose it. If you are handy, set a date to come help install the strap. Your friend can then rest assured that if their child decides to run and touch their flat screen television and it tips over, it’s not going very far and it’s not going to cause a tragedy. The best gift you can give friend or family whose has children. Every person should secure their television. Wall mounted brackets are a little more complicated but not impossible to do yourself. Properly wall mounted televisions also prevent a television from tipping.