My kids stay out of all my cages. Thats the great thing about being raised around them they know whos got venom and who doesnt and we keep pretty strick protocol around our reptiles with our kids everything is under lock down. We actually had our oldest son taken from us when when he was a baby because of the pets I kept so we fought very hard to get custody of him back and show people that it is VERY possible to Safely keep these types of animals and have a happy family at the same time.