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Child Window Safety
Simple and Inexpensive Window Childproofing Tips
By: Mark J. Donovan
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Windows provide many advantages to the home. Windows enable sunlight and
fresh air to enter the home, and enable the home’s occupants to view the
outside. Windows also make a home feel much brighter and cheerier and provide
style and texture to a home’s interior and exterior. However windows also
produce a hazard to the home. Every year thousands of children are injured, or
worse, from falling out of windows. Most of these injuries could be avoided if
parents instituted a few simple child window safety precautions within the home.
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If you have small children in your home it is vitally important to implement
some basic window childproofing safety measures.
First, window screens are not meant to prevent children from falling out of
windows. Window screens are meant exclusively for ventilation and for preventing
insects from entering the home. Consequently, if you have small children, window
guards, sliding window locks, and window stoppers should be installed on all
windows that could be viewed as a risk to your child’s safety. Also, when you
are not using your windows for ventilation, always keep them closed and locked.
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Second, make sure your child’s bed
and other bedroom furniture is not located next to or near a window. A child
could easily climb on either of these types of items to get access to a window.
Third, if you have double hung window, instead of raising the lower sash to
ventilate a room, lower the upper sash instead. By lowering the upper sash you
make it much more difficult for the child to reach the open window.
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| Finally, in regards to window treatments and child window
safety, pay close attention to the types of window blinds you purchase or
currently own. Window blind strings and cords can accidentally get wrapped
around a child’s neck and cause hanging and/or suffocation. If you are in
the process of purchasing new window treatments, select window blinds that
do not have loose cords. If you currently have window blinds with cords
purchase cord wraps. Mount them on the sides of the window frames so that
you can prevent the cords from hanging loosely. |
Photo by Mark Donovan |
So don’t let your family and child become a statistic. By exercising these few
simple child window safety precautions you can protect your child from
accidental window injuries and feel more comfortable in your home.
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