Let’s say that you buy a home that you will have children in…
Of course when you look to buy a home in the Atlanta area you need to take into account whether or not you are going to have children there. Home saftey for children is probably one of the most important issues that any family faces. Here are a few tips.
The design of the home will either enhance or inhibit the ability to keep the children safe. Naturally, some features are conducive to this. Places to avoid: the loft style apartment is a definite ‘no no’ to anyone under age ten. The main reason for this is the open second story. Although reasonably safe for agile felines and generally charming for adults, the ‘open loft’ is a source of raw sheer terror for the parent of anyone uner the age of three.
To take care of child safety in a house is less problematic. Fortunately we live in an era where there are many gadgets to make your home ‘child proof’. Gates are the number one item required for any multi-level home. These are always worth the cost. Often, you can prevent hundreds of premature grey hairs by simply gating any and every staircase. These can be set at a height that you can easily step over as an adult, but those little people who think it is okay to eat out of the pet’s food dish cannot transgress that ‘gate’ boundary and dozens of tumbles down the stairs are prevented.
Nowadays, all you need to do regarding the electricity is to buy plugs for the outlets and another wonderful new device for older children prevents ‘door jammed fingers’.
You don’t have to buy a ranch house just because you have children, but a bedroom door that leads directly to a staircase had best be gated!
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