Safety Tips to Prevent Window Falls by the Children's Hospital advertisement Source Children's Hospital Forums Health, Safety, Nutrition and Kids Related Articles Protect Your Child Information and news releases furnished by the members of PR Newswire, who are responsible for their fact and content. Since 1993, Children's Hospital, Boston, and the City of Boston's Childhood Injury Prevention Program have been working together to make a safer environment for children by providing families in Boston with window guards. In 1997, the Adopt a Building campaign was launched to provide window guards to tenants of privately owned rental properties with one to four units. Injuries related to window falls have decreased by 50 percent since 1993. Keep any furniture that your children can climb on away from windows.
Children can quickly climb to window ledges or sills, and fall.
Whenever young children are around, close and lock windows. An open window may pose a hazard to an unsupervised child. If you need ventilation, open windows children can't reach. Screen your screens. Insect screens are designed to provide ventilation and to keep insects out.