Roller Blinds – A Safe Choice for Households With Children?
Copying the behavior of adults around them without being aware of potentially dangerous consequences, children often want to explore their surroundings and end up getting hurt if left unsupervised even for a relatively small amount of time. Windows and blinds, particularly roller blinds, have proved to be safety hazards for children as they are very appealing to them but pose a threat to their physical integrity should they be left unsupervised. If furniture is placed near windows, children can easily crawl out of their cribs and playpens and get into serious trouble as they can easily climb and fall out of open windows or get entangled in the cords of roller blinds. That is why it is advisable not to leave furniture or other objects children could climb around open windows.
Appealing due to their appearance and low maintenance requirements, roller blinds have been the choice of many consumers in terms of window treatments for many rooms inside their homes. As they are cord operated, most of the blinds bought between 1991 and 2001 are very dangerous for children due to the fact that the cords are particularly long and most often form a loop and children have easy access to it. Accidental strangulations which have resulted in serious injuries and even deaths in the case of children have occurred after toddlers got caught in these loops and were unable to release themselves in time to avoid physical injury.
Faced with the hard cold facts, blinds manufacturers have acknowledged this problem and, starting with 2001, they have tried to come up with viable solutions to this problem. In an effort to reduce the number of accidents caused by roller blinds, the blinds industry offers consumers various child safety options designed to prevent children from having access to the looped cords of the roller blinds.
Choosing to approach the problem retroactively, blinds manufacturers have offered consumers the chance to make their roller blinds a safe solution for households with toddlers even in cases where the blinds were purchased before 2001 and lacked a safety mechanisms. Various safety kits, compatible with any type of roller blinds, are available on the market. They reduce the length of the cord and make it inaccessible to children.
In the case of roller blinds produced after 2001, they have safety enhancements as they have been equipped with innovative mechanisms such as endless cords, release mechanisms and other types of safety devices meant to reduce the length of the control cords and bring them at least 1.6 metres off the ground, in accordance with the current safety regulations.
Universal safety kits as well as roller blinds with complex child safety enhancements are available for sale on the market, making it easier for you to make your home a safer environment for children.
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