My kids are 7, 9, and 11 now. It's really hard, but here's what worked for me. You have to teach your kids the only things they can play with is their own toys, nothing else. If they want to touch or use anything else, they must ask first. They have to learn to respect what's not theirs and leave it alone. As I said, not an easy task. The upside is obvious, but one of the benefits is you can take your kids anywhere (including friends houses) and know they won't end up causing a problem. Childproofing your house is easier, but does not address the fundamental issue. The kids get older and more responsible but the nature of the challenge shifts and make being vigilant even more important. A good example is the internet, they cannot be allowed free reign to do what they want, there has to be some supervision. Am I an overprotective parent? Nope, but the inmates can't rule the cellblock either.
babys and your components
Many of us have or had small children for example bellow 2 yo
They're in general free to do anything and can make themselves harm crowling onto the bunch of wires or touching naked tubes. They can also bite knobs, move movable components and so on...
My son is about to crawl and He will be visiting living room with my equipment quite often. I am not worried about my equipment pretty much since He won't be able to move even a single component -- too heavy. I worry about power cords, interconnects that are in the rear of my equipment stand. I worry about naked tubes on the mono amplifiers. I worry about speakers since thay can fall down when pushed.
On the other hand, I cannot limit Him to be in carriage or stroller or in bed while he's awake -- He has to walk and crawl.
It's not often the issue to keep separate room for that purpuoses(I've never seen that in my life). Most likely no matter how big or how many rooms is in your space, there is a wife in the family that will want to have it.
How do you manage this problem? What do you do to avoid accidents with babys?
They're in general free to do anything and can make themselves harm crowling onto the bunch of wires or touching naked tubes. They can also bite knobs, move movable components and so on...
My son is about to crawl and He will be visiting living room with my equipment quite often. I am not worried about my equipment pretty much since He won't be able to move even a single component -- too heavy. I worry about power cords, interconnects that are in the rear of my equipment stand. I worry about naked tubes on the mono amplifiers. I worry about speakers since thay can fall down when pushed.
On the other hand, I cannot limit Him to be in carriage or stroller or in bed while he's awake -- He has to walk and crawl.
It's not often the issue to keep separate room for that purpuoses(I've never seen that in my life). Most likely no matter how big or how many rooms is in your space, there is a wife in the family that will want to have it.
How do you manage this problem? What do you do to avoid accidents with babys?
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