The mother has said what every mother who has lost a child to the same accident has said - parents need to be aware of the dangers and children kept away from them.
I feel like something needs to be done. Common sense can't be relied on, neither can notices on the instructions they come with that not everyone will read.
There needs to be another way of using a blind that means the cord doesn't have to be a single unit. I am sure there is someone clever enough on here, or with a bright teenager, who could come up with something.
Not only is it so very sad to read about another death it is all so frustrating as it didn't need to happen. So many children have died, over 20 iirc. Do people think it won't happen to them or is the message really not getting out there?
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Yet another child has died after getting caught up in a blind cord
Itsfab · 28/04/2014 19:08
Misc - do you have to move in there? (sorry, that's probably a stupid question, but it sounds like a nightmare).
What you have are venetian blinds and ^^ is what you could try, but... if I were you, I would take them down (and store them somewhere clean, dry & safe and put them back up when you leave) else you aren't going to get a minutes peace. You can put up a 'safe' blackout blind in your room (minimal effort & damage to the walls) if you feel you need something - though I actually hate anything up at the windows and if I was on the 3rd floor I wouldn't bother (I don't now, if the neighbours want to look then they only have themselves to blame if they don't like what they see 
I like the light coming in, in the mornings). I'm only looking at Roman blinds as I'm fed up of people commenting on my lack of window coverings and the damn things can stay UP!
If you really don't feel you can take them down then I would either have them permanently UP or DOWN and I would do something permanent with the cords - buy those cheap cord stores but tape them closed etc.
Misc - it all sounds like a whole lot of hassle, but soon you will be moved in and it will all be behind you. It's a shame you don't have anywhere in your new place to use all that outdoor matting!
^^ blind thingy - it's probably the best option I have seen so far, but in preference to screwing those things on the wall I would put the covers over the cords.
Also, if I was renting this place out I'd sooner the tennants spoke to me as I'd be annoyed if they put them on the walls - I'd rather take the blinds down and put curtains up for them - but I have just had the walls all plastered so I'm even more precious than normal
Yes, I'll feel better in a couple of weeks when it's all over and we're settled in. Everything is half packed and not home-y here and not home-y in the new flat either, this inbetweeny stage is making me grumpy, I need to nest :)
I had to take what I could get as the landlord here decided to get rid of us at a time I wasn't expecting (building works expensive for them & they stopped half way through, making the flat uninhabitable). Ds school application was in and I had an area of about 200 square meters to look in to keep school application and access to my work.
Sooo, I'm paying extortionate amounts for a flat I don't particularly like, to move from a place that was my home and I wasn't ready to move. And we're losing the garden... Which i utterly loved. Such is renting I guess.
Anyway, there are lots of positives, but I'm tired from packing and being very bah humbug about the whole thing!
It's a 1930s block and all walls are concrete and utterly solid, making any DIY a major undertaking, and most is banned by the building itself. I think that's why blinds inside window alcoves rather than curtains above the windows.
I'll order that blind thingy for my room and see if i can take down the others. I dont want the world to see my nakedness! Ill also ask the landlord how he feels about me making changes to the blinds - I wonder if I can change the blind to a roller blinds which are much easier to buy safe ones.
Thanks for bearing with me whining ... And finding a solution 
Misc what a shame :( Though I suppose once DS is settled in school there's nothing to stop you looking a little bit further out if you want to. It's a shame to be paying a lot more for a place you don't like, without a garden as well. Though, maybe you will come to feel the positives outweigh the negatives :)
I'm more worried about the neighbours mental health after seeing me naked than being seen naked - it really will teach them not to look in other peoples windows
I'm sure you are a lovely tennant, and I hope if I have to rent this place out, to find one just like you!
Now you have filled the holes and sanded the walls aren't you going to have to repaint??
You aren't whining - you are worried, tired & mid move!
Spoons If it can be looped around your hand then it's dangerous, yes, but much more so if it's a loop of cord (not sure, most seem to have a 'wand' for the slanting bit. I would cut them as short as you can. They said on another site that the cords in the middle of the blinds are a danger too and the thing you can do to make them safer is to undo the bottom, take out any spare slats, re tie the knots, then put strong velcro along the bottom of the blind and the window ledge and press it down hard.
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