Info & Ideas for Keeping Children Safe

Childproofing Your Home
Children are inquisitive, and they sometimes seem to move like greased lightning. Before you know it they are into something they shouldn't be, something that you hadn't even thought of until it was too late. This article tries to foresee dangers so that a home can be made more childproof before an unfortunate occurrence. There are more than a dozen very specific tips for making the kitchen safer for children, more than half a dozen safety tips for the bathroom, and more than a dozen specific tips for making the living areas and the bedrooms of your home safer for children. Tips cover things such as making certain that curtain pulls are kept out of reach of children who can become tangled in them and strangle themselves, to keeping houseplants out of reach, to installing safety gates at the tops and bottoms of stairs, to setting your water heater to below 120F to prevent scalding, to making certain that all medications and cleaning supplies are securely locked away at all times, plus more than 30 additional tips and hints for making your home a safe and happy place for children.

Baby Safety Around the House
An informative website that encourages parents to survey homes for potential baby hazards. Suggestions include setting the water heater temperature, baby-proofing garbage and recycling bins, using decals for children's safety, using safety doorknob covers on doors, covering electrical outlets for baby safety, using baby safety gates, keeping drawers closed for baby safety, baby proofing kitchens, keeping step tools out of reach, using cabinet and drawer guard latches and shortening cords for baby safety.

Safety in the Home with a Child with Autism
This site by the Autism Society of America details some of the special concerns parents of autistic children face in making a home safe. A few of the special safety concerns of autistic children are climbing, throwing, breaking, jumping, peeling, cutting, pulling down, throwing utensils, plates and cups, sweeping items off surfaces, dumping drawers and bins, and climbing out of or breaking windows. Additionally, behaviors such as touching hot items, chewing on electrical chords, putting metal objects into electrical outlets and the like make it mandatory that the caregivers of Autistic children take special care in "childproofing" a home. This article deals extensively with ways to child-proof a home for an autistic child and ways to help train an autistic child to recognize dangers around the home. If you have an autistic child or if you are the caregiver for an autistic child, this site is a must-read.

Pesticides and Child Safety
Although pesticides can be beneficial to society, they can be dangerous if used carelessly or if they are not stored properly and out of the reach of children. Tips for pesticide safety are offered, which include using child-resistant packaging, applying pesticides, reading labels properly, leaving containers out of reach of children, emergency prevention and child-proofing your kitchen latches for safety.