How To Make Your Home Child Friendly

Every parent has their child’s safety in mind, and they strive to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children to grow. The home becomes a haven for their children to explore, play, and learn without harm. This blog discusses tips and ideas to make your home child-friendly so that they can have a happy, healthy, and secure childhood.

Potential Hazards

We need to assess the problems before devising solutions. A thorough examination of the home will help identify potential dangers to children.

Some of these are:

1. Sharp corners and edges

2. Electrical outlets and cords

3. Heavy furniture and appliances

4. Toxic substances and cleaning supplies

5. Slippery floors and uneven surfaces

Once these have been identified in different rooms of the house, it is time to childproof the home to avoid accidents and injuries to children. These areas and zones can either be designed to prevent children from entering or be child-proofed to protect them.

Some of the ways to child-proof homes are:

1. Safety gates - Install gates to bathrooms, kitchens, and storage spaces that pose a threat to children. Toddlers and babies should not be able to enter these rooms without adult supervision.

2. Electric insulation - Cover electrical outlets with tamper-resistant outlet covers to prevent little fingers or objects from being inserted.

3. Furniture - Anchor furniture like stools, tables, and chairs to walls with a weight so that they don’t tip over when small children try to climb them.

4. Sharp corners and edges - Children usually get hurt and injured by sharp metallic and pointed edges. Furniture corners can also cause injury if they hit them. Cover these edges and corners with foams and cushions.

5. Latch and lock cabinets, cupboards, and drawers that contain sharp objects, medicines, and harmful chemicals. Children tend to experiment with new objects and things they are curious about. By keeping them secure, children will be saved from potential harm.

Child-proofing homes also extends to the immediate neighbourhood where children often spend their evenings and weekends playing with fellow children from the apartment complex. What can keep them safe and you worry-free, even as they explore their neighbourhood without the worry, is an RFID tag that is convenient to send along with them. Mapped to an app on your phone, it helps you keep track of their movement, and can even help them alert you should they feel like they need you around.

Nurturing

Gone are the days when children and young adults had to choose from conventional careers. Today, they can choose to make their passion a career choice. Be it the fine arts, sports, or other special skills, parents can provide their children a platform to recognise what they truly love, and develop the talent to create successful professionals in their chosen fields. More than training for the competitive stage, it is also about developing their minds and bodies beyond school and academics. Having a passion outside of the usual gives children a lifelong companion. In addition, getting trained in dance, badminton, football, boxing, music, swimming, tennis, go-karting, and cricket can help children develop sportsmanship, interpersonal skills, and an activity that can help them destress throughout their lives.

Gera’s ChildCentric® Homes brings prestigious, celebrity-led, world-class institutions and training right to the doorstep. With expert instructors and cutting-edge facilities, these academies offer a unique and enriching experience, setting the stage for a bright future for children. The 9 celebrity-led academies are a first of its kind that distinguish the ChildCentric® Homes philosophy dedicated to nurturing children’s potential.

1. Crickingdom Cricket Academy by Rohit Sharma

2. Badminton Gurukul - An Initiative by Pullela Gopichand

3. Mary Kom Foundation

4. Mahesh Bhupathi Tennis Academies

5. Rayo Racing - Go Karting Academy

6. Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools

7. Nisha Millets Swimming Academies

8. Shiamak Davar’s Institute of Performing Arts

9. Shankar Mahadevan Music Academy

10. Dale Carnegie Training Center

While child-proof homes address the physical aspects of home-making, ChildCentric® Homes help shape children’s future. A perfect balance results in child-friendly homes.