Police remind parents how to protect children from falling out of windows as warm weather arrives

With warmer temperatures encouraging open windows, police are urging parents to take simple precautions to prevent children from falling.

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As the warm season sets in, parents ventilate their homes more frequently, creating additional dangers for young children. Police are drawing attention to one common hazard: insect screens cannot bear a child's weight and create only a false sense of security. To protect children from window falls, specialists recommend the following measures: — Do not allow children to sit or play on windowsills. — Install window locks or opening limiters. — Keep furniture away from windows so children cannot use it to climb onto a sill. — Ventilate rooms through small transom windows or open plastic-frame windows in the tilt position only. — Explain to children the dangers of open windows and never leave them alone in a room with an open window. — Always close windows when leaving a room, even for just a few minutes. Police are calling on parents and guardians to maintain a safe environment for children and not to overlook these straightforward precautions.