The Parenting Journal

The bathroom is the most dangerous room in your house. Not the kitchen, not the garage. The bathroom. It concentrates water, medications, sharp objects, electrical appliances, and caustic chemicals in a space roughly the size of a large closet, and...

The crib that kept your baby safely contained for two years can start to feel like a liability the first time you watch a small leg swing over the top rail. That moment, more than any birthday or pediatrician visit,...

Every parent eventually stands in front of a cabinet full of cleaning supplies and thinks: I need to lock this. The harder question is which lock will hold.Two types dominate the market. Magnetic cabinet locks install inside the cabinet and...

The nursery thermometer I bought for my older daughter sat on the dresser for the first three weeks of her life. I thought I was doing fine by feel. Then a pediatric nurse asked me at a well visit what...

Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury death in children ages 1–4 (CDC). That number stops most parents cold, and it should. Pools get most of the attention, and rightly so. But toilets sit in nearly every home, they...

Every kitchen tells a story about the people who use it. Mine tells a story about a 22-month-old who, in the time it took me to answer the front door, opened the cabinet under the sink, pulled out a bottle...

Small apartments concentrate hazards. Everything is closer together: the kitchen is steps from where your baby plays, the bathroom door is always in view, and the single bookcase in the corner holds everything from your router to a heavy vase....

About 3,500 infants die each year from sleep-related causes in the United States, according to CDC SUID data. That number has not changed much in recent years, despite everything we know about how to reduce it. Most of those deaths...

About 3,500 infants die each year from sleep-related causes in the United States, according to CDC SUID data. Most of those deaths happen in environments that looked safe to the parents who set them up. That’s the part that stays...