Our parenting class put on by Baptist Hospital in Nashville, brought in a pharmacist to drive the point home.
He'd put a pepsi can on the pedestal, and then he put a can of stump remover with the same exact colors right beside it.
Then he'd tell a real story of a parent rushing into his pharmacy with a poisoned child asking him to give the child something. And he'd have to make a decision about whether to wait for a doctor's order or put his license on the line.
And he did the same thing with product after product after product. And you could hear the anquish in his voice with each story. It worked, we got the dangerous stuff out of reach.
Figure of speech.
No, I haven't, but common sense and tips from moms and dads trump classes, IMO. Of course, that only applies to families who have common sense.
Even armed with that, one of my children decided to dip her finger into the dishwasher detergent I had just placed in the door. Bad move. She burned her throat and I called poison control. All ended up well despite a scary situation.
My 2-year-old son stood on his little locomotive, behind my back, because he was curious about the flame on the gas range. That was unpredictable and I was upset that he burned his finger.
It is a balancing act to protect our children without smothering them.