Word: childproofed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...maniac, running around, getting into everything these days,” Iannuzzi says. “It’s been awesome, just the different phase change in life this past year. A lot of planning for the wedding, and planning for moving, and trying to childproof a house. New challenges, but they are just awesome...
...rate 11 times higher than that of higher-income countries. In wealthier parts of the world, it's smoke inhalation, not the flames themselves, that causes the most deaths. For reasons not entirely clear, burns are the only type of injury that strike more girls than boys. Smoke alarms, childproof lighters and the establishment of dedicated burn centers are among the WHO's prescriptions...
...seat is down, but the lid is up, there is really no way for cats to get out. There's nothing to get a grip on, not even the edge of the toilet because the seat is over it. Keeping the lid down is like putting a childproof gate around your swimming pool. Cats can only play in water supervised. You can give them a little dish to play in, or a little low bucket, with you around...
...ways about kids of this age and wonder if their moral moorings will protect them from gusting temptation. That may be especially true for today's highly "parented" 13-year-olds, whose own moms and dads grew up largely ignorant of car seats, bike helmets, antibacterial soaps and childproof locks and who certainly misbehaved in far greater numbers than today's teens. Today's 13-year-olds are less likely to smoke, drink, do drugs, get pregnant, commit a crime or drop out of school than those of their parents' generation in the 1970s. The birthrate for girls under...
...second time Conor wore his fancy bucks, he pilfered a black felt-tip pen from a "childproof" drawer and, with a few masterly strokes, turned them into everyday shoes. His $13 Spider-Man sneakers from Payless are still his favorites, though. Naturally. --By Maryanne Murray Buechner