http://www.smartsafetysolutions.com/home-safety/garage-safety/ Garage safety is especially important when there are children around, make sure that you ensure proper garage safety. en-us Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:56:07 EST Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:56:07 EST Weblog Editor 2.0 The garage is one of the places in every home where numerous things are stored, many of them very dangerous and some of hem a lot of fun. This is a pretty tempting combination to the curious child who wants to know all about the treasures buried within the walls of the garage. But, no child should be able to wander freely in and out of a garage. Make rules and stick to them If you have a garage, you have probably have a yard and if you have a yard, then you have the tools needed to cut and trim it. A lawnmower is only one of the potentially dangerous, even fatal item that are i the garage. There are also a lot of chemicals that many people keep in the garage - whether they are for killing weeds or the windshield wiper fluid, they have horrible effects on the human body, that 's why we keep them in the garage - so that there will be less of a chance for them to come into contact with anyone in the family. There are many other things there that make garage safety absolutely essential. Another hindrance to garage safety is the fact that many of the family's best toys are probably in the garage and that presents a particular problem to your garage safety because the kids will probably want to go in their frequently to retrieve them or simply to look at them. When they know that there is something neat in the garage and they have friends over they will surely want to show them - yet another good reason to think seriously about garage safety. There is one thing that we feel is most important rule of garage safety - no kids allowed without an adult, period. This should be a well established rule that everyone sticks to diligently. They have to know that it is strictly off limits to them when they are unaccompanied. Don't let curiosity get the best of them, though, go with them when they want to sometimes to check out all of the things that they want to see or if they want to take out their bike or another toy, but make it known in your home that this rule stands. cc Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:56:07 EST