Childproofing Your Home - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. The key to childproofing is really supervising your children well because children are so quick and they can get into things really quickly. And they are also really interested in touching and feeling everything that is in their home and in the environment that they can get their hands on. They also copy you, so when they see you plug something in an outlet, they may want to plug something in an outlet as well. They do not have a sense of what is safe or what is not safe. So while you want to childproof you also want to make sure that you allow your children to explore their home. Which means they may want to open the dishwasher, they may want to put some forks and spoons in the dishwasher. You need to really guide them well instead of thinking about what can you lock up. The more you keep things open and invite them into what you do and into your friendly world that interests them so greatly, really the less child proofing you are going to have to do.