Window screens should be strong enough to keep bugs out, but not kids inside in the event of an emergency.</p>
Keep windows closed and locked when children are around. For ventilation, open windows out of children's reach, perhaps only the upper pane.</p>
Keep children from playing by windows. Keep furniture -- or anything children can climb -- away from windows.</p>
If you install window guards or bars, be sure they have release mechanisms that will open easily in a fire emergency.</p>
To lessen a fall's impact, place shrubs and wood chips or grass beneath windows.</p>
SOURCE: National Safety Council, at <a href="http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/windows.htm">www.nsc.org/library/facts/windows.htm</a></p>
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