Electrical socket safety covers designed to protect children are "absurd" and could be dangerous, according to engineers who have warned parents not to waste their money on the devices. Members of the ...

While curiosity is crucial in developing children, sometimes some things are better left unexplored. For a 2-year-old, electrical sockets are fascinating. A device affixed to the wall incites their ...

As soon as little ones start to crawl, the extreme baby-proofing begins. Baby gates are installed, wires tidied away and, for ...

A dad and electrician is warning parents about the dangers of using electrical socket covers. Father-of-five Steve Palmer says many parents are unaware of the risk they are creating by using the ...

Parents are being urged to throw plug socket covers away to prevent their children seriously harming themselves. An electrician posted a warning about "horrible, unsafe" socket covers on Facebook a ...

They were invented to keep young children from getting electrical shocks, but now a pressure group says socket covers actually present a dangerous risk to them. Annette Rawstrone reports. Child safety ...

Parents have been told to throw plug socket covers away to stop children from seriously harming themselves. An electrician posted a warning about "horrible, unsafe" on Facebook a week ago and this has ...

An electrician is advising parents to throw away plug socket covers because they can hurt children instead of protecting them. Toddlers can easily pull these 'safety' devices out of the socket and use ...

Steve Palmer with his safety socket Steve said there is an added danger from people using plastic covers with pins that are too big for the sockets, which can lead to overheating when the plug is put ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you use plug socket covers in your home? Hamish Kale on Unsplash As soon as little ones start to crawl, the extreme ...