I thought about posting this in the tavern, but figured it was more of a home safety/general interest thing.

Exerpts from:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/10/02/smoke.alarm.ap/index.html

“Children in deep sleep awoke to recordings of their mothers’ voices — calling them by name and ordering them out of their bedrooms — even if they slept through the beeping sound a smoke alarm makes, according to a small study.”

“The study of 24 children ages 6 to 12 found that 23 awoke to the recorded voice of their mother saying “(Child’s first name)! (Child’s first name)! Wake up! Get out of bed! Leave the room!” Fourteen of the children also awoke to the traditional tone alarm. One child didn’t wake up to either.”

“The children who woke up to the voice did so at a median time of 20 seconds, compared with three minutes for those who woke up to the tone, according to the study by Columbus Children’s Hospital researchers being released Monday in Pediatrics.”

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I wonder why they didn’t test the alarms with the Dad’s voice? Seems to me that when Moms yell at kids, it’s often ignored. But when Dad yells the kids sometimes pay more attention. Like Mom nags, and Dad’s gonna whip your butt, or something like that.

I realize that’s a generalization. But I wonder if it has some merit. That’s the way things worked in our house, and I’ve observed it in others.