Safety in the home
Ensuring your home provides a safe and secure environment for
your children is very important. Here are several things you can do
to childproof your home:
- Ensure that medication, chemicals and poisons are always stored
in a safe place where children cannot access them. Poisoning often
occurs when products are not put away in their usual, secure
storage locations. The fridge is not a safe place as young children
may believe the item is food.
- With winter approaching now is a good time to check electric
blankets and heaters to ensure they are safe. You should also
regularly check that safety sockets and electrical cables are not
exposed to young children.
- Children should have an outdoor area where you know it is safe
for them to play. This outdoor area should be securely enclosed and
free of obstacles or potential hazards.
- Be aware that furniture around you home, such as tables and
bookcases, may have sharp corners which children can run into and
become injured. You can minimise the risk of injury by considering
where these are positioned and by being aware when you children are
near them.
This article was written by Warren Rosser from St John.
