Keep your guests' purses out of reach. Keep them out of reach of children. Don't leave partly filled glasses or open bottles or cans sitting out. Keep cigarettes and ashtrays out of reach. Check your house plants.
Some varieties can make children sick.
Teach your children not to put anything from a plant in their mouths. Keep a bottle of the poison remedy called syrup of ipecac in your medicine cabinet. Keep the telephone number of the nearest Poison Control Center next to each phone in your home. Go through each room in your house and look for anything that could harm a child. If you find any potentially dangerous items, remove them or put them in a safe location.