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For children, the household is full of potential dangers, especially the kitchen. To avoid accidents, parents should make children aware of the dangers at an early stage and put them out of reach if possible.<\/p>\n
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Children should learn that the kitchen is not a playroom and that kitchen appliances are not toys. As they grow up, they can gradually learn to use some kitchen appliances under adult supervision. You can carefully demonstrate the dangers to them. For example, take the child's finger and carefully hold it about a centimetre away from the hot hob, just close enough for the child to feel the heat. A not-too-sharp knife can be gently placed with its edge against the finger to show the child that this is a sharp object that can hurt them.<\/p>\n
The most common sources of danger in the kitchen<\/strong><\/p>\n Chemicals<\/p>\n The main hazards include cleaning agents, bleach and similar household chemicals. The danger comes from children inhaling, drinking or mixing the chemicals together, potentially creating a corrosive or explosive mixture. For safety, all household chemicals should be stored out of the reach of children's hands and away from food. If children come into contact with the chemicals, eyes and hands should be washed thoroughly immediately.<\/p>\n Kitchen appliances<\/p>\n The cooker, microwave, toaster and other electrical appliances in the kitchen all pose a significant potential danger to children. When opening the oven or using the hob, children should be far enough away. Children should be taught to stay away from electrical appliances, especially if they have a light on. Knives<\/p>\n If possible, place sharp kitchen knives high enough so that no child can reach them. However, children are inventive and often find ways to get hold of forbidden things. From the age of five, a child can learn how to use knives responsibly, but only with soft objects at first so that the knife does not slip.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Pots and pans<\/p>\n Pots and pans pose a danger if the handles protrude over the edge of the cooker. When cooking, the handles should therefore be turned so that the child cannot grab them and pull on them. The same applies to pots with hot contents on the table or worktop. You should explain to children that hot fat or hot liquid can splash out of the pot and burn the skin, or that lifting a pot lid can release hot steam.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For children, the household is full of potential dangers, especially the kitchen. To avoid accidents, parents should make children aware of the dangers at an early stage and put them out of reach if possible.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_fgj2wp_old_id":["3445"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["814"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["die gefahr in der k\u00fcche"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"rank_math_og_content_image":["a:2:{s:5:\"check\";s:32:\"0a1738190e9994cb9e8e2a5c55a5bc87\";s:6:\"images\";a:0:{}}"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["the-danger-in-the-kitchen"]},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-familie-und-kinder","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
If the children are old enough to use appliances such as microwaves or toasters themselves, this should still always be done under supervision. They must learn which materials do not belong in the toaster, which do not belong in the oven and which do not belong in the microwave.
Supervision by an adult when using kitchen appliances is particularly important, because in the event of incidents, for example if the bread gets stuck in the toaster, the child does not know what to do and can react incorrectly. This can quickly result in an electric shock.<\/p>\n