by Claudia Boyd-Barrett posted in Parenting

Are you storing your medicines, vitamins and supplements out of sight and out of reach of your children"
According to a new report, most parents know they should be following these medicine safe-storage rules to reduce their children's risk of accidental medicine poisoning, but less than half are actually putting that knowledge into practice.
The non-profit advocacy group Safe Kids Worldwide surveyed 2,000 parents across the country about safe medicine storage. The vast majority ? 9 out of 10 ? agreed it?s important to always store medicine out of sight and up high. Nevertheless, two thirds of parents said they often store medicine where children can see it.
If a young child can see medicine, they may be able to reach it. About half of child poisonings happen because a youngster climbed up on a chair, toy or other device to get at medicine, according to the report.
As well as underestimating kids? ability to reach medicines, parents may let safe-storage rules lapse because of convenience, the survey showed. Almost half of parents surveyed said they felt it was OK to keep medicines on the kitchen counter or in another visible location if they used them everyday.
Relying on child-resistant packaging to keep your kids safe is not a good strategy. Around half of accidental poisonings involve packaging that?s supposed to be child-resistant. And even if you or another caregiver is watching the child, they could still be in dange...