5 Top Home Safety Tips

Home safety is overlooked because we become comfortable with our surroundings. We drop our guard and that’s when something bad happens. If you’ve ever had a baby then you know what “thinking safely” means. When the child is on the floor crawling, you are concerned they are putting things in their mouths. Then as they get older you are concerned they are picking up sharp objects, pulling on appliance cords, opening doors, going near the stove, going near stairs and doing just about everything to get themselves accidently killed.  

Over time a parent develops the “what if” and “visualization” method of safety. To prevent accidents you constantly and obsessively ask questions “what if as this kid is heading towards that vacuum cleaner sitting over there he’d be crazy enough to wrap the cord around his neck” and in the process you visualize him turning blue. Next thing you know you are wrapping up the cord and putting away the vacuum.  

In honor of National Safe At Home Week follow these home safety tips religiously to prevent bad from happening: 

1.      Be the power of example and don’t text and drive 

2.      Involve the entire family in CPR training 

3.      Change the battery in your smoke detectors every 6 months. Put the reminder in your calendar 

4.      Lock up all medications and poisons to keep out of reach of children 

5.      Never used unapproved home items to stand on to elevate you. Use proper ladders or stepstools.  

By using “what if” questions and incorporating “visualization” you begin to see all that could go wrong with poor decision making and lax safety. And at the same time, with this home safety checklist you are making your home and family safer.  

Robert Siciliano personal and home security specialist to Home Security Source discussing ADT Pulse on Fox News. Disclosures 

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