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 72-minute webinar addresses safety risks and injury prevention tips for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Included are some home safety checklists that families and staff can complete together. 

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.

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.