Childproofing Your Home

Learn important safety measures you can take to childproof your home, based on the age and development of your child.

This article provides information on suffocation, high-risk zones in the home, safety tips, and suggestions to help families prepare for the unexpected. 

This resource provides a list of inexpensive child-safety devices that are easy to find and easy to install.

Before or as soon as children begin crawling or walking, parents and caregivers need to take extra steps to make sure harmful items are out of reach, out of sight, and locked up if possible. 

This checklist includes basic tips, broken down by room, to help make your home safer for the whole family. 

Common causes of accidental childhood injuries include drowning, falls, fires or burns, poisoning, suffocation and motor vehicle crashes. This guide, intended to spark conversations with caseworkers, covers health and safety concerns and avoiding risks. 

This short video provides a parent with tips to keep a baby safe around the house by using cabinet locks, a baby gate, outlet covers, and securing a television. 

This short video demonstrates quick, effective ways to safeguard children around the home. 

This resource provides information for families on how to prevent injuries at home.

In this video series, explore the 10 health and safety training topics required by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act. Narrated by pediatricians, these videos can help a busy early care and education workforce reinforce health and safety practices. Each video provides rationale on the importance of the topic for early childhood education settings, common issues related to that topic, and the importance of having plans, strategies, and procedures in place. With each video, find a set of reflective questions staff can use to improve their practices in these areas.

The commission provides many free safety resources including alerts, posters, brochures, handbooks, and other materials that you can use to help spread consumer product safety information in your community.