I really believe in setting kids up for success. If you really want to keep your child away from the outlets until you know he or she is old enough to understand the danger - then the only sure way to do it is to make outlets not accessible. I agree with whoever said hide all possible outlets/cords with furniture. Where this is not possible, purchase the screw on outlet covers that go right over the current outlet. They can't be pulled out, and in order to insert electrical prongs, or anything else into the outlet, you have to pivot/swivel the plastic covers to the side and hold them while you insert the plug. Not impossible for a really bright/dextrious child to figure out, but highly unlikely. My problem with any sort of punishment or discipline (from slapping hands to firm voices) with safety issues is that they assume these wee kiddos have at least a minimum amount of impulse control - and from my experience thus far, that is a huge assumption to make. A child might listen to warnings a hundred times, and say away from the outlet...but the 101st time he reaches for it, perhaps he'll be distracted or curious enough to forget the lesson.
Jeanette
-Oh, and I have a 20 year old cousin who still has a large scar by her mouth, from the time, during her crawling stages she stuck a fork in an outlet and then put her mouth on the fork. She got a horrible burn in her mouth and the surrounding skin.
Jeanette
-Oh, and I have a 20 year old cousin who still has a large scar by her mouth, from the time, during her crawling stages she stuck a fork in an outlet and then put her mouth on the fork. She got a horrible burn in her mouth and the surrounding skin.
