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Summer Home Safety Tips to Keep Kids Safe

5 Tips from The Home Safety Council

By Melinda Copp

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You should also practice fire drills with your entire family and plan your best escape route. In most cases, a family will have three minutes to get outside the home in the case of a fire, so you should be prepared. If you have a two- or three-story home, keep a fire escape ladder in your child's room so you can all leave through that exit. Test to make sure your escape ladder fits the window sill properly, but don't practice going out the window to prevent falls.

And with kids in the home, you should keep all lighters and matches locked out of reach, especially if you are a smoker.

4. Choking, Suffocation and Airway Obstruction
Airway obstruction is the leading cause of injury-related death in children under 1 year old. For this reason, one of the most important ways to protect your infant in the home is to double check your crib. Make sure your crib is modern and meets current product safety guidelines, and then clear it out.

"Clear out pillows, clear out stuffed animals and clear out comforters," Appy says. "You want a bare crib, and you can use a sleep sack to keep your baby warm."

You should also make sure your window coverings are child-safe – cord-free drapes are safer than mini-blinds. Insist that your kids sit down to eat everything. And read product safety labels. Anything small enough to fit through a toilet paper roll is small enough to choke a child. So read and followage recommendations on toys.


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