I also have the latches on the drawers and cabinets. They were out because we were cooking.
YOu know how kids are - it only takes a second for them to grab something.



>>My son is now 5. When he was 3, he was playing in the family room, which is adjacent to the
>>kitchen.
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>>I left to get something, and when I canme back in 5 or so minutes, he had gone into the kitchen
>>and grabbed 2 large steak knives off the counter. Not the table knives, the really large ones,
>>and was sitting on the couch with both of them.
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>How come you had sharp knives where a 3-year-old could get at them? When my kids were that age, knives were kept in drawers that have safety latches. It was a PITA to have to open the latch every time we wanted something, but a heckuva lot better than my kids being able to get at the knives.
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>Tamar