Kids Safety: Kids at home alone? Now stop worrying, these safety tips will become your third eye..
- byShikha Srivastava
- 12 Apr, 2025

Parents often stay out of the house due to work or many other reasons. In such a situation, it is very important to take care of children in the absence of parents. These days, many such devices are available in the market, which take care of the safety of children from your side. Today in this article we will talk about some such devices.

Straps and latches for doors and drawers.
Such devices are very important to keep naughty or playful children away from kitchen and bathroom cabinets and drawers. Often things considered dangerous for children are kept in these places, such as floor cleaners, matchboxes, medicines, lighters, knife. By installing such straps and latches, these dangerous things can be kept away from the reach of children.
Smoke alarm
This is also a very important device to keep children safe at home. Get it installed in every room of the house and places where there is a risk of fire. These are as effective as they are economical. Check the smoke alarm every month to see if it is working properly and change its battery once a year.
Lock the appliances
Many times children try to hide inside the refrigerator or try to operate any other appliance or equipment while playing. Such activities can put their lives at risk, so install appliance locks available in the market. These locks come in the form of straps, which can be easily installed in the corners of these devices. This helps to keep the freezer, refrigerator, microwave, or dishwasher locked.
Safety net for windows and balcony
Never allow the windows to open more than four to five inches, do the same with the grills on them. Use a safety net to make it safe. While securing the windows, keep in mind that there should be one window in every room, which can be used to get out in an emergency. Do not keep any place open on the balcony as well, due to which there is a fear of the child falling.
Protect from the edges.
Children run wildly in the house, so there is a fear of them getting hurt by any furniture or any such sharp corner. Put soft bumpers on such sharp corners. These can be easily pasted in the corner and you can also remove them when not needed. These come in customized forms, just cut and install them as per the need.
Do not hang on the wall.
Do not keep such furniture that the child can easily move or there is a risk of it falling on the child. Keep the furniture and appliances on the floor or choose the option of hanging them on the wall.
Will protect from electric shock
Many switches in the house are installed at a low height, where children's hands can easily reach. To protect them from this danger, you can use outlet covers and plate devices. Just keep in mind that children should not be able to remove the protective outlet protectors easily.

Shower and tap covers
Install devices that cover the ends of your shower and taps. Also, the temperature of your bathroom heater should be set so that children do not face the risk of getting burnt by hot water.
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