While curiosity is crucial in developing children, sometimes some things are better left unexplored. For a 2-year-old, electrical sockets are fascinating. A device affixed to the wall incites their ...

Parents are being urged to throw plug socket covers away to prevent their children seriously harming themselves. An electrician posted a warning about "horrible, unsafe" socket covers on Facebook a ...

Parents have been told to throw plug socket covers away to stop children from seriously harming themselves. An electrician posted a warning about "horrible, unsafe" on Facebook a week ago and this has ...

As soon as little ones start to crawl, the extreme baby-proofing begins. Baby gates are installed, wires tidied away and, for ...

Controversy over the use of plug socket covers in early years settings has arisen again following a Department of Health safety alert. A safety alert circulated by the Department of Health highlights ...

An electrician is advising parents to throw away plug socket covers because they can hurt children instead of protecting them. Toddlers can easily pull these 'safety' devices out of the socket and use ...

A dad's warning over the dangers of parents and carers using electrical socket covers has gone viral. Dad-of-five and electrician Steve Palmer says many parents are unaware of the risk they are ...