[HayZee518]

actually the code requires new outlets to be of the "blade rejection" type. these have a shutter that slides across the parallel slots to keep anything out of them, or rotates blocking the slots. kids have a habit of pushing things into the outlet slots. I've always installed outlets where a house with kids in them with the grounding part upwards. if a knife blade is slid downwards with a plug in the outlet, theory is that the blade will contact the grounding probe and slide off the plug. now, the kids have to smarter than the outlet to push upwards or down or rotate the shutter to get anything into the outlet.