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I am a professional childproofer. I own a company in Knoxville, TN "Make It Safe" Childproofing Co. In my years of research and actual home safety analysis I have found that you learn something knew everyday and that each child in his own unique way can get into things and places adults would never think of. I have recently came across a hidden danger. At the bottom of toilets there are plastic covers, one on each side, to hide bolts. These come loose quite easily and they can be a choking hazard. I know of one incident where a child attempted to eat one and it did get lodged in the back of his mouth, cutting off air supply. Although this is not a common incident, when it comes to children, nothing is common. Except that all children deserve to learn and explore in a safe environment. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely, Melanie Steel

While I was trying to childproof my house for the first time, I noticed a hidden danger. My wooden chairs in the kitchen as well as a wooden-frame bed I have in a guest room have small corks that can be pulled out and could be a serious choking hazard. These corks are used by the manufacturer to hide places where screws or nails were used in the chair/bed design. My daughter managed to pull out a cork from our bed and was ready to put it in her mouth when I saw what was going on!

Jennifer Pouya

Just a suggestion to add to your recommendations. While the "child-proof" receptacle protectors seem to give parents peace of mind, it's only a false sense of safety. Any mischievous or curious toddler can pull on a plug, partially disengage it from the wall, and electrify him/herself. Or the toddler can pull the plug out and either try to put the plug or some other object into the outlet and as I have observed, not possess the dexterity to avoid contact with the prongs as they are engaging the energized outlet.

The safest thing to do is install GFI (Ground Fault Interrupter) outlets or protect all outlets with GFI circuit breakers. They are designed and UL listed to sense any leakage current, operating at 5mA (.005 AMPS) in the circuit. This is well below the injury level to humans. If parents knew about these and used them, the infant mortality rate and injury from electrical shock would all but be eliminated. MLP

MLP contributed:

"Just a suggestion to add to your recommendations. While the "child-proof" receptacle protectors seem to give parents peace of mind, it's only a false sense of safety. Any mischievous or curious toddler can pull on a plug, partially disengage it from the wall, and electrify him/herself. Or the toddler can pull the plug out and either try to put the plug or some other object into the outlet and as I have observed, not possess the dexterity to avoid contact with the prongs as they are engaging the energized outlet.

MLP "

While any additional safety measures are certainly worthwhile in the case of child protection, the GFI is not a cure-all. A GFI works by detecting the difference between the current leaving one "prong" of the plug and the current returning through the second prong. If the two are different (say, by 5mA as MLP suggests) then the GFI will cause disconnection of electrical energy to the circuit. As MLP correctly stated, the GFI detects leakage current (the difference current) to an unintentional (ground fault) circuit path. So, were a child able to contact both prongs of a plug simultaneously without contacting any other path for electrical current (for example, a nearby metallic object like a radiator or baseboard heating unit), the GFI would not disconnect the circuit. It is assumed that in a properly wired home, the heating system piping is bonded (electrically connected) to the ground connection of the electrical service.