摘要：This paper focused on maintenance practices parents adopt in enhancing the provision of safe toys for their children. Specifically, the paper determined the toy maintenance practices and enhancement measures parents adopt in the provision of safe toys for their children. It adopted a survey research design. Study area was Anambra State. Population was 15,956 teachers who are parents in the government registered nursery and primary schools in the area of the study. Multistage sampling technique was used to select a random sample of 320, respondents for the study. A questionnaire was used for data collection Means, Standard deviation and T-test were used for data analysis. Findings show, among others: that parents should teach their children to clean up their toys when they were done playing, perform a daily safety check of toys and play materials to ensure safety condition of toys and play materials for children. Based on the findings some parent-related enhancement measures were made, which include that parents should guide their children in the use of toys and provide play materials/toys that are easy to maintain for their children, among others.
