Quiz: Indoor Safety

You are in the kitchen cooking dinner for the kids.  Ozzie is on the floor playing with pots and pans when the doorbell rings.  You jump to run to the door but then wonder if you should leave Ozzie where he is or bring him with you to answer the door.  What should you do?

Which is the least potentially dangerous threat in the kitchen?

Which area of the home should never be locked?

Which of these items doesn’t need to be locked away or put out of reach of small children?

In which of these areas of the home does a 3-year-old child not need constant supervision and assistance?

You are at home with the kids waiting for the parents to come back from work. It is your job to bath and feed the kids. …but the lights have gone out!! What do you do?

The kids are asleep (finally!) and you have just gone to check on Ozzie who had a temperature earlier in the evening.  Suddenly, you hear a noise downstairs….It seems someone is in the house…you left your mobile downstairs and are not sure if there is another phone in the house …what do you do?

Window blinds and electrical cords don’t typically pose a hazard to children.

It would be ok to wait until the parents come home to let them know you suspect a child has swallowed a lithium battery.