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Furniture Safety Quiz

Do you have furniture in YOUR home that may be putting your child at risk of injury or death? 

Take this quiz to find out.

 

1.  Do you have children under the age of 10 living in or frequently visiting your home?                 Yes        No

2.  Do you have any furniture with drawers, shelves, or doors in any room of your home that is not secured to the walls?

             Yes        No

3.  Do you have any TV sets, including large or big screen TV’s, that are not secured to the walls or anchored directly to the table or entertainment center on which it sits?

             Yes        No

4.  Do your children get or put away their own clothes, walk, run, play, climb, rough house, play video games, watch TV, sing, dance, play hide and seek, jump, throw things, change VCR tapes or DVD’s or use remote controls in the house?

             Yes        No

5.  Do you have items a child might want out of their reach but that they can see or that they know where it is kept anywhere in your home such as toys, books, music, video or DVD’s, remote controls, etc?

             Yes        No

6.  Do you think that if you told your child under 10 not to do something because of the dangers of  getting hurt of dying it would really prevent them from doing it?

             Yes        No

7.  Do you believe that because your child is never alone in the house, you would be able to save them from injury or death should something fall on them because you would hear it fall or hear their cry and be able to respond quickly?

             Yes        No

8.  Speaking honestly, do you believe that the actual risk of YOUR child being injured or killed by falling furniture, TV’s, or appliances is so small that it won’t happen to you?

             Yes        No

9.  Do you recognize the dangers of furniture tip overs and intend to secure your furniture, but just have not had the time to properly secure all your at risk furniture and TV’s yet?

             Yes        No

10.  Speaking honestly, are you/your spouse hesitant to secure furniture/TV’s or  because you don’t want to “ruin” your furniture or walls with holes/screws?

             Yes        No

Scoring: 

Give yourself one point for every yes answer.  If you answered no to the question 1, please share this quiz and our Web site with your friends and family with children under 10.

If you answered yes to any question 2-10, your furniture is at risk of falling on and injuring or killing your child or someone else’s.  The more yes answers you had, the greater your risk.  Many of these statements were made by parents whose children died from falling furniture, BEFORE it happened to them.

These questions were compiled to educate the reader about common myths about furniture safety.  Furniture tip over can happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime, and in the blink of an eye.  Don’t think it can’t or won’t happen to you!

You can be right in the same room as your child, and be powerless to save them from a falling piece of furniture.  Your child’s best protection is the action YOU take RIGHT NOW to properly secure all the furniture and TV’s in your home.