When my youngest son was about 2 years old, he successfully yanked down a window blind at a home of a neighbor because the cord was dangling at eye-level. It served as a wake-up safety call, and I did an immediate safety inspection of cords on window shades and blinds in my own home. How about you? Here are tips for keeping cords out of little hands.
Keep Cords of Window Shades and Blinds Out Of Reach of Small Hands
From Robin McClure, About.com GuideDecember 1, 2004
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