{"id":2086,"date":"2011-07-17T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T14:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2011-07-16T20:35:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T00:35:50","slug":"hinges-and-little-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/hinges-and-little-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Hinges and Little Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong>What is it about hinges on doors and cupboards that attracts little hands?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/hinges-and-fingers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2104\" title=\"hinges and fingers\" src=\"https:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/hinges-and-fingers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hinges\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Little ones are forever putting their fingers in the hinges side of the door, or cupboard, often experiencing the pain of a finger injury. \u00a0Statistics show that more children are injured by the hinge side of the door than the handle side.<\/p>\n<p>The Raising Children Network\/the Australian parenting site suggests the following ways to prevent or reduce the incidence of finger injuries around your home.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check that your child\u2019s hands are well out of the way before opening and closing doors, including car doors.<\/li>\n<li>Check that your child\u2019s fingers aren\u2019t in the way before closing windows in the car.<\/li>\n<li>Teach  your child not to slam doors, and to not  play around them. (Child  finger injuries often involve another person, especially another child \u2013  for example, playing with an older sibling and trying to close the door  on one another, resulting in a finger being jammed in the door.)<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong>Teach your child to keep his or her fingers away from the hinges side of doors.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>Protect  your child\u2019s fingers by using a door guard. You can find out about  these at  child-safety centers at children\u2019s hospitals and  your local  hardware store.<\/li>\n<li>Use doorstops to hold doors open and prevent  them from slamming shut. Doorstops and weighted closing systems help  stop doors from slamming suddenly.<\/li>\n<li>Place\u00a0a hook-and-eye latch high on doors, and\/or a wedge under doors to prevent them from closing.<\/li>\n<li>Drape a towel over the top of doors to keep them ajar.<\/li>\n<li>Use  a semi-circular foam mold to help prevent finger jams on the handle  side of the door. This cheap guard is a U-shaped, soft, flexible piece  of foam that clips onto the edge of the door,  preventing it from fully  closing.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong>Install Finger protection strips<\/strong><strong> prevent  children from putting their fingers in the hinges side of a door jam.They don\u2019t affect the appearance of your home, are easily installed and  don\u2019t alter the function of your doors. There are two sizes available:  small (200 mm wide, for doors that open 90 degrees) and large (250 mm  wide, for doors that open 180 degrees). You can also ask about putting  them in place at your child\u2019s  kindergarten, day care or  school\/classroom.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-buttons\"><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"\" data-layout=\"button\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-show-count=\"false\" data-related=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-size=\"small\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\">Tweet<\/a><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-google_plus\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" ><\/div><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-linkedin\"><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"\" data-counter=\"none\"><\/script><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-pocket\"><a data-pocket-label=\"pocket\" data-pocket-count=\"none\" class=\"pocket-btn\" data-save-url=\"\" data-lang=\"en\">Pocket<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(d,i){if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(\"script\");j.id=i;j.src=\"https:\/\/widgets.getpocket.com\/v1\/j\/btn.js?v=1\";var w=d.getElementById(i);d.body.appendChild(j);}}(document,\"pocket-btn-js\");<\/script><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it about hinges that attracts little hands?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-buttons\"><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"\" data-layout=\"button\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-show-count=\"false\" data-related=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-size=\"small\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\">Tweet<\/a><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-google_plus\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" ><\/div><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-linkedin\"><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"\" data-counter=\"none\"><\/script><\/span><span class=\"wpsr-btn wpsr-srvc-pocket\"><a data-pocket-label=\"pocket\" data-pocket-count=\"none\" class=\"pocket-btn\" data-save-url=\"\" data-lang=\"en\">Pocket<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(d,i){if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(\"script\");j.id=i;j.src=\"https:\/\/widgets.getpocket.com\/v1\/j\/btn.js?v=1\";var w=d.getElementById(i);d.body.appendChild(j);}}(document,\"pocket-btn-js\");<\/script><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,6],"tags":[404,402,401,403],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2089,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions\/2089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}