[late-night nan]

Thank you for posting this. I encourage an x-post to Activism, as this is really an underreported risk.

For those who can't readily change over to different window treatments, you can find inner-cord stoppers and metal cord anchors for free at Home Depot (or at least we found them at our nearby store). They were sitting in a box near the venetian miniblinds.

Another simple precaution is to lift the plastic tassel by several inches, tie a knot and then cut the excess to shorten the cords out of a toddler's reach.