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Safety First: How to Pick Kid-Friendly Window Treatments in Daytona Beach

It’s something you never even think about until you hear about a tragedy or that someone got hurt.

Hopefully, this type of tragedy has never affected your family or a family you know.

They seem so innocent; after all, they are simple and common decor.

However, since 1990, over 270 children have been killed by window blinds and other window treatments. Further, over 600 children per year end up in the hospital because of window treatment accidents.

It’s crucial that you choose kid friendly window treatments for your home.

Read on to learn more about the ways window treatments can be dangerous and the ways that they can kill. Then, continue on to learn everything you need to know about selecting the safest window treatments for your home and family. This is a post you cannot skip.

The Dangers of Window Treatments

If you have never heard about the dangers of window treatments to children before, you may be wondering how this could happen. However, once you think about it, it makes complete sense. 

The keyword when it comes to window treatment danger is, unfortunately, strangulation.

Blinds, shades, curtains, and many other styles of window treatments of the past are operated with a long cord. These cords sometimes reach all the way to the ground, but even shorter ones fall within the reach of any child who can walk. 

Kids are creative and curious by nature. It’s natural that they are drawn to these cords and want to play with them. Little ones may want to chew on them and that’s bad enough on its own.

Bigger kids may use their imagination and may incorporate these cords into their games in some way. In an instant, you may find your child attempting to use one as a Tarzan-style vine to swing from the couch to the coffee table. 

Hundreds of children do this each year, and many of them injure themselves. Some end up with the cord wrapped around their arm, finger, leg, or wrist. Because the cord is thin, it can cut through their sensitive skin. 

For others, it may even be fatal. A window treatment cord around the neck can cut off a child’s oxygen in seconds, and resuscitation may be impossible. 

Clearly, if you have small children, you do not want window treatments with cords in your home. It’s always better to be safe than to be sorry and this is a simple change to make that could save your child’s life.

How to Choose Kid Friendly Window Treatments

Fortunately, there are a number of kid friendly options out there when it comes to home window treatments, and you may even find that you like them better than what you have now. Today’s window treatments are sleek, functional, and attractive.

Cordless Shades and Blinds

New developments in the world of window treatments in recent years have presented us with a number of new cordless shades and blinds. You are likely familiar with traditional roll-down shades, but there are so many other options today as well. 

Some of these pull-down shades and blinds include several different layers so you can enjoy full sun, partial sun or full darkness with a simple raise or lower. Floridians enjoy these types of blinds immensely because they offer so many different options for different parts of our sunny days.

Pull Curtains

Curtains that don’t include a cord are another safe option for homes with children under the age of ten. Although it’s sometimes nice to be able to close your curtains by just tugging on the pull at one end, it’s almost as easy to manually close curtains each night and to open them that way in the morning. Buy a thin curtain rod and any curtains you buy should slide along it with ease and without much effort from you.

Motorized Window Treatments

If you want to embrace today’s technology and open and close your blinds with almost no effort from you, then you might consider motorized window treatments. These look classy and will impress your guests and can be raised and lowered with the press of a button. Many are operable using an app on your cell phone, and they are absolutely safe for children and pets.

Talking to Your Child About the Dangers of Window Treatments

Your child is not with you 100% of the time. Even if are fortunate enough to spend the majority of your day with your child each day, chances are that together you will sometimes visit places with unsafe window treatments on their windows.

Schools are aware of this issue; except in very rare cases, you will never find a classroom with dangerous window treatments.

However, you never know when you will be in a hotel, business, or the home of a friend in which these dangers are present. Your child may slip away from you briefly. Because of this, it’s crucial that you talk to your son or daughter about staying safe.

Even the smallest child can understand common dangers. We teach our children to watch out for strangers, to look both ways before crossing the street, and never to drink anything market poison. We all should take the time to add dangerous window treatments to our discussions. 

Because you do not have any dangerous window treatments in your own home, you may need to show your child photos of window blinds that include dangerous features in photos online. Explain that they should be used by adults only and that children should not touch them under any circumstances. If they find themselves somewhere where they would like the curtains or blinds adjusted, they should ask an adult for aid.

Ignoring the problem won’t make it go away, but expressing your concerns and the danger to your children may just keep them alive and safe. 

Happy Window Treatment Shopping

Now that you know about the dangers that exist for children when it comes to window treatments, you’ll likely proceed differently when purchasing this component of your home decor. In Florida, window treatments are necessary to deflect some of the sun’s rays, but with a little thought and a little effort, you can choose safe and kid friendly window treatments for your home and family.

If you’re shopping for window treatments in Volusia, Flagler, and Seminole counties, please stop by our store in Port Orange. We’d love to help you pick out some great new blinds, curtains, or shades that are both beautiful and safe. Give us a call today!

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