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Safety of children's furniture
Home » Furniture » Children's Furniture » Safety of children's furnitureFor most parents, safety is not even a question because it is assumed that the furniture you buy will be safe. But you might want to check with the Consumer Product Safety Commission for any alerts or recalls that they have about children’s furniture. You can also ask at a children’s furniture store or website if their products meet the safety guidelines of the Commission. You can access this information at www.cpsc.gov.
In particular, their website gives warnings about bunk bed safety. The Commission will even send you a free cross wire support kit, should you discover the you own an unsafe bunk bed. Also included on the website are general safety tips for furniture around children. They report that several thousand accidents per year occur when furniture tips over on children, especially due to the child climbing on furniture. You might want to consider using angle braces or anchors to secure furniture to walls to make your home a safer place for young children. As always, it is a good idea to teach children safety about furniture; and their website gives many helpful tips to teach your children.
Other safety options to look for in purchasing children’s furniture are furniture painted with non-toxic paint and drawers that are fitted with child proof safety tabs, so that the drawers cannot fall out on top of a child.
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