Everyone knows that children are very curious by nature. Whatever they observe you doing, they will try to imitate. Since you use wall receptacles almost daily, that will no doubt inspire your children to figure out what they are for. While you might try to convince your children that they are dangerous, they will need to reach a certain age before they fully understand the dangers of electricity. So what can you do to prevent your children from getting hurt? The best thing to do is to install tamper-resistant receptacles. These receptacles are designed in such a way that a plate will slide out of the way when equal pressure is put on both sides of the receptacle. This makes it so a child can’t poke an object into the receptacle and get hurt. While it will require some money and work to replace all your wall receptacles with tamper-resistant ones, you will get peace of mind, knowing that you have eliminated one serious danger from the life of your child.
