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 ...

Electrical socket safety covers designed to protect children are "absurd" and could be dangerous, according to engineers who have warned parents not to waste their money on the devices. Members of the ...

As soon as little ones start to crawl, the extreme baby-proofing begins. Baby gates are installed, wires tidied away and, for some, every single reachable plug socket is filled with a white plastic ...

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 ...

Parents have been urged to throw plug socket covers in the bin or risk their children seriously harming themselves. Electrician Steve Palmer's warning about "horrible, unsafe" socket covers has been ...

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 ...

Mums and dads 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 ...

A Bristol-based electrician has urged parents to ditch plug socket covers, warning they are “horrible” and “unsafe” for children. Steve Palmer, from JPS Electrical Services has become an internet ...

Parents have been urged to throw plug socket covers in the bin or risk their children seriously harming themselves. Electrician Steve Palmer's warning about "horrible, unsafe" socket covers has been ...