What is a home if not a place to feel comfortable, safe, and secure? Naturally, we want this safety and comfort to extend to the kids in our lives. Let’s call the glass found in most homes “ordinary glass.” This glass is primarily low quality, cheaply made, and easy to break. This ordinary glass creates some major risks in the home. Particularly, if a child were to accidentally fall into a table, door, or window made of ordinary glass then the potential for injury would be devastating. Accidents happen – we get it. Kids can be downright clumsy, and so can adults for that matter, so it is important that we do everything possible to prevent common accidents from turning into serious injuries. 

Ways to prevent glass related injuries in your home

Now, we’re not saying to board up the windows and throw out granny’s old coffee table. Hiegel Glass understands that glass and glasswares are necessary and important parts of daily life. Fortunately, there are ways that we can mitigate and prevent glass-related injuries in the home without kicking our windows to the curb. 

Educate the children in your home to prevent glass related accidents 

Depending on the age of the child, they may not be able to fully grasp the severity of potential injuries caused by broken glass or windows. However, it is wise to begin the conversation to establish this concept with children as soon as possible. Establish “no play zones” around windows and glass furniture, use accidents as teachable moments, and continuously stress the need for them to stay away from broken glass in the case of an accident.

Add stickers or other markers to glass doors

Walking into a sliding glass door is both embarrassing and painful. Adding stickers, decals, or other indicators to glass doors in your home can go a long way to prevent potentially serious injuries. Any stickers will do, but plastic decals made specifically to cling to glass will be the easiest to move or remove. Stickers not intended to use on glass may be difficult to remove or adjust.

Keep your furniture away from windows

Kids just love jumping on beds and other furniture that we tell them not to play on. There are going to be times when children are left alone – even for just a few minutes – and they’re going to use your furniture like a playground. By keeping your furniture away from windows, you are preventing potentially serious injuries.

Add edge guards to your glass tables

Using edge guards on your glass tables is a cheap, easy, and effective way to prevent possible injury for your little ones, while also preventing damage to your furniture from the rough and tumble of everyday life with kids. 

Replace ordinary glass with higher quality glass

Thankfully, not all glass is made the same. Hiegel Glass specializes in creating and installing custom made, high quality, craftsmen-level glass for your home’s windows, doors, and furniture. While higher quality glass does not eliminate the risks associated with glass-related accidents altogether, ensuring that the glass in your home is well-made will give you and your family priceless peace of mind.