1. Take Action. Take down your cords and buy something cordless, its worth the money!

2. Watch the news. Forward information and local newspaper clips reporting incidents of children strangled in window blinds to Parents for Window Blind Safety. This will help maintain the national Parents for Window Blind Safety database. Please send clips to info@windowblindskillchildren.org

3. Speak up. Write to local and state legislators about banning ALL CORDS in daycare facilities. Write your states Health Department and ask them to consider placing window treatments on their inspection lists and revising their rules to ban cords from child care settings. Write or call reporters who are reporting incorrect facts about safety tips on window coverings and give them the correct information.

4. Raise awareness. Publish articles about the dangers of window blind and coverings cords in community organization, religious and school newsletters.

5. Stay alert. Keep an eye out for dangling cords in apartments, restraunts, daycares, hospitals or other building that children might be in. Inform management of the long cords that children can strangle on.

6. Reach Out. Parents for Window Blind Safety is building a network of support in all 50 states. Please connect us with people in your area who are interested in sharing their experiences about deaths or injuries on window coverings.