I have several fond memories of carpet from my childhood. Oddly enough, I’m pretty sure they all end up with a carpet stain of some sort. For instance, when I was a little tyke living in Dawson MN, we had a sun room that was used as a kids playroom. So there I was, sitting and playing comfortably on the soft orange and yellow shag carpet floor with my Tonka Trucks. There was a band-aid on my big toe from an accident involving gravity and a big rock from about a week prior. The toenail underneath the band-aid was sporting some beautiful shades of blue, black and purple and was still a few days from being ready to fall off on it’s own. I was crawling around on my knees happily rolling my trucks over my He-Man toys when my mom called me for lunch. Being the fat kid that I was, I got pretty excited. I jumped up as best I could, screamed and fell right back to the carpet. In my haste for nutrition, I somehow managed to get my toenail (even with a band-aid on) stuck in carpet fibers and the whole damn thing was ripped off. Of course I made no effort to try to stop the blood. I just sat there, crying while it ran down my foot and onto the carpet where Mom later attempted to clean it up. Had I known then what I know now, I could have been of some use. And so, all these years later, an attempt for redemption is made. Please have a look at How to Clean Carpet Stains. Someday, when you need to clean a carpet stain caused by your own kid, you’ll be glad you did.