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• v  make safe against children
  childproof the apartment

• Smoke alarms, childproof lighters and the establishment of dedicated burn centers are among the WHO's prescriptions.
• There are also concerns about children's safety in prisons, which are often not adequately childproof, and about the availability of adequate medical care.
• Keeping the lid down is like putting a childproof gate around your swimming pool.

• child-proof

News & Articles

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• Louie Delaware -- The Home Safety Guru(R) Announces the Release of His Book
  The Home Safety Guru's Definitive Guide on How to Childproof Your Home(TM) Making Your Home Safe and Secure for Little Ones
  June 28, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
• WORRY, WONDER OF BOY LIVING AMONG NAZIS GRIP MEMORY
  Europe of the World War II era should have been made childproof. Instead, it was “child abuse” on a scale that the world had never before seen.
  June 24, 2013 - U-T San Diego

Quotes

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• James Jay in New York Times
  Physical barriers in New York City really aren't very practical,said James Jay Carafano, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation specializing in homeland security. "Trying to childproof America is a really dumb idea. The most...
• Keith Ashfield in Times and Transcript
  I'm looking forward to the ribbon-cutting ceremony because Frank (Wilson, Fundy Trail Development Authority president) told me he had childproof scissors so the premier and I wouldn't injure each other,said Ashfield.
• George Friedman in USA Today
  You don't have the resources to childproof the entire country,Friedman said.