Child Damage Mitigation

Congrats on the little one.  My four year old is number six and more rambunctious than her four older brothers ever were. 

Over the years I've found that what works best with children is giving them lots and lots of attention and not sweating the small stuff.  For example any messing about with power outlets, the stove or my speakers was a resounding "NO!"  Whereas the electronics, the refrigerator or certain furniture, while off-limits didn't get the DEFCON-1 treatment.

By keeping it simple, the kids always know where they stand.

Mark

@glubson,

Nope, as Mark said it just takes teaching kids their limits. It’s not perfect, but it’s good most of the time. Raising our daughter we never removed things just so she couldn’t get her hands on them, we taught her what she could touch, or not. Just like the grandkids. It’s not a matter of being heavy handed, it’s simply a matter of teaching the kids (god forbid) boundaries. 

Watching a toddler is like nailing Jello to a tree. My daughter liked to "adjust" the settings on my subwoofer in my home theater system. I just made sure I wrote down what they were so I could put them back. Still have the same system now. She will be graduating from college soon. She is doing very well. My 25 year old ht system works just fine too.

My daughter had zero issues with my hifi rig as she wasn't crawling or later toddling around without an adult watching her as should be the case with any little kid...that's simply called parenting, and it's not that difficult.

Correct the child ,if they do something wrong ,it’s not rocket science .
in mybaby boomer generation.
you are not taught any of this liberal BS 
about if it may hurt your feelings ,yes or no ,youjust have to be persistent if thst means raising your voice , or a talon the hand so be it get the message across.
i trained my kids,as well as cats and dogs none of them go behind the stereo ,all will sit on the couch and listen and enjoy the music .being consistent is the key ,