Children are curious and hence keep exploring their surroundings. Burn safety is a foreign concept to most young explorers. Children learn by touching things including those that can be dangerous. It’s better to take precautions to avoid burns and scalds. Many ordinary things in your home can be dangerous to your child and a severe scald can inflict a serious injury and may mean a long stay in hospital. Reduce water temperature, avoid hot spills, test food temperature, unplug irons, establish ‘no’ zones, choose a cool-water vaporiser or humidifier, address outlets and electrical cords and many more, taking these into consideration can help you a lot and can provide much more safety and protection from harm.
Barbecues, bonfires and fireworks are fascinating for children and stay for long time, thus it’s best to teach children to stay a safe distance from the fire and supervise them carefully. In the living room, hot drinks, heaters and fires, irons etc. are dangerous. It is always safest to put these away, out of reach and out of sight after you’ve used it. Along with above, saucepans, kettle cords, hobs and hotplates, microwaves, chip pans, matches, cigarettes, lighters and candles, etc. could be troubling and hence stop your little ones from playing with them, or touching or stepping on them by accident.
Children under four years, especially those aged between one and two years are most at risk due to their increased mobility and natural curiosity. Thus protect your children especially when they are small. Give them the supervision their age requires. Teach children the hazards of fires and burns and teach them to avoid foreseeable dangers.
