Kids and open windows don’t mix. Every year, 40-50 children fall out of open windows in the state of Oregon. Many of them are seriously injured. In one three week period in 2009, six children were admitted to Children’s Hospital at Legacy, one of whom died.
TVF&R reminds families of the following tips:
Teach your children about window safety. “Screens keep bugs out; they do not keep kids in”.
Teach them to play a safe distance from windows and enforce this rule in your home. (i.e. We play 2 (big) steps from windows)
Keep furniture or anything a child can climb away from windows.
Only allow windows to open 4 inches and install a window stop to keep children from opening them further. (Be sure an adult can open them in an emergency).
IF you open windows wider than 4 inches, install window guards that can be removed by an adult in an emergency.
When buying new windows; ask for ones with built-in safety hardware.
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