What we call “nothing” is often just risk we’ve stopped noticing. A charger left in the wall keeps working in the dark, humming with small currents, aging itself from the inside out. Tiny components dry, crack, and loosen. A jolt from the grid, a bent prong, a frayed cable—and suddenly the room you thought was safe fills with the smell of burning plastic and panic.

Yet the fix is almost insultingly simple. Pull the plug. Break the habit of leaving chargers dangling from outlets like permanent fixtures. Teach your kids that cords aren’t toys, move them out of reach of pets, replace anything that runs hot, smells odd, or feels loose. You don’t need fear to live safer—just awareness, and a three-second decision every time you walk away. In a house full of invisible risks, this is one you can erase with your fingertips.