All my friends have told me that boys are really more into climbing and throwing themselves off furniture etc. so with that in mind I'm a little bit relaxed in our family room. He can climb and lay all over the couch, he can throw himself off onto his foam couch. I understand that there is a risk involved and yes at times it gives me palpitations but overall I'm happy that we have taught him that the rest of our home is off limits for that kind of behaviour- it's certainly not acceptable to go crazy in other people's homes either. Somehow, at 2 he seems to understand this and we don't really have any problems.