European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Homes Are hazardous for youngsters by Sheri Graves Santa  Cail press Democrat r crawl l member the opening scenes at Vito framed Roger Rabbit when baby Hofman lakes a Lour of the kill Honan narrowly escapes disaster Wilh every Inch of the miraculously the baby comes through 11 All Mchoul a Snow a but Roger the baby Siller is the viol every imaginable mishap until finally a a razor alls on lop of him. In the movie it s Tunny. In your own Home it could be tragic. The Kitchen is the most dangerous room in the Home according to Nadene Carroll who conducts Wal Tor. Safety a class in Santa Rosa cali., sponsored by Community Hospital of Sonoma county. The Kitchen ii where crawling babies. I ious Lomei s and adventurous Young children Art most Apt to Sutler injury or death that s what Carroll ills the parents grandparent Buhy Sillers and other. Cai givers  flu Dren when they Allend walk for  Ali j class helps adults learn to re con a i eliminate potential hazards in and around Home a registered nurse with a degree in psychology Carroll s Hospital experience has provided nor with too Many opportunities to see the results of tragic accidents in the Homo she is Danied and the Mother of two Small children. Carroll said hot 5-year-old daughter inspired her last year to Leach a class on safely Lor the parents of her preschool she launched the class at Community Hospital last Spring. So Many of these accidents could have been prevented she said referring to the list of statistics she has compiled from the american red Cross the american Academy of paediatrics the consumer product safety commission and a variety of other sources accidental injury is the no. 1 killer of children age 14 and younger in the United states. Some 26 million american children age 16 and younger Are injured every year one of every live american children will require Hospital attention every year due to accidental injury. Many accidental injuries to children result in permanent disability but Only 0.1 percent result in death. Sixty seven percent of All child drowning occur in the children s own backyard pools " Bias and hot tubs and 33 percent in bathtubs toilet bowls and diaper pails. Two thirds of the 145 California children who drown each year Are in pools. A child can drown in less Lime than it takes to answer the Telephone. Irreversible brain damage occurs in three to five minutes. Carroll also shows a video the baby Safe Home by David fight Back Horowitz. She tells class participants simple and Basic safety precautions. You d be surprised at the things people Don t think of unless they re told said Carroll. Among the precautions never store cookies and Othor goodies above the move or refrigerator. Youngsters will make a ladder out of drawers. Be careful with tools and eating utensils. Never leave knives trimmers razors r screwdrivers Pei Forks or other eater Sharp objects on c or easily acres Slbil drawer and Cabin by children. Keep trimmers rakes p hand tools in Tocki toys. Long it pulled out and so eyes Sharp wires Sharp wires in ear Are potentially Haz children. Avoid an rattle that is Smalt has removable Pai swallowed or is m that Carl produce swallowed. By Eccli other toys made h have no Sharp or r sturdy and should. Attached. Baby cribs. C than two and three else baby can gel old cribs at garage new safely stands peeling paint. The surfaces. Mattress baby from sliding i no pillows or Solhei infant s crib. Crib lie in at least six p other sately accordion Type to Access to stairway basements and o potential hazards. Plastic outlet plug on doors window Over the lop of the child from Locking first Aid and parents Lake Iraina cardiopulmonary r classes Are offered the red Cross Anc Carroll also recon emergency first is by Josepj green1a  intense whining ttys Tylour daughters tollo Wod by several More works of equally intense arguing with my one wife we got a dog now that was simple was t it Well not exactly you see we could t gel just any old Flea bag. Junkyard dog that ale table scraps and drank Budweiser we had to get nobility we had to gel a Collie born of champions. So several weeks after that momentous Royal visit to our Home my four daughters Are still whining because they Don t want to take Caro Olathe dog despite us lineage and the several thousand promises they made ? in hip me Al least until the end of the world. V a by one wife and i Are Sll arguing because she has designated me the chief dog Walker Flea picker Popper Scop Ger. Although i m altered by her Confidence in my a fully to assume All Hase responsibilities i think it s a we Fitch oven Lor a Man of my varied talents. A a shaggy dog Story began two months ago when i suddenly struck by the Brilliant inspiration. Hey would t it be great to gel the kids a Puppy my daughters agreed. My wife did t. There were tense Neyola Waltons igl towed by discussions with my a Rind we hip meal nil a in week old Collie like d hey you finally got a my of poked the Ide Jerould play catch and loss the Frisbee on Cool of fit evenings and Ihen i d Send him Over to Rny be ghz per purpose of personal Hygiene and to Chase a a Ewotie cals slinking around there. What i did t realize was that getting a Puppy is like bringing a Newborn baby Home. Since my son arrived a do More things As a family such As watching Hob because we can1 go out anymore at least if we want to keep the fug our shoes. Ihu sofa and our Check books hot to mention the Hamster and the goldfish Sale from his Rator ice baby Teeth. For two Days to one could cat us because he chewed apart the phone Cord however we be saved on our electric bin since i unplugged every appliance in the House and inserted those plastic plugs designed to protect toddlers so he could t stick his nose in a socket. We be also been discussing issues like Puppy nutritional Page 14 the stars and stripes wednesday no1