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TV Tip-Over Safety: Wall Mounting vs Straps vs Anti-Tip Stands

TV Tip-Over Safety: Wall Mounting vs Straps vs Anti-Tip Stands

Every year, an average of 17,800 people visit emergency rooms for injuries caused by furniture and TV tip-overs, per the CPSC 2023 Annual Tip-Over Report. Children bear the worst of it. CPSC reports one child death every two weeks from...

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Product Guides
Anti Tip Furniture Straps: The Complete Anchoring Guide for Dressers and Bookshelves

Anti Tip Furniture Straps: The Complete Anchoring Guide for Dressers and Bookshelves

The dresser in my older daughter’s room looked stable. Heavy oak, four drawers, pushed against the wall. I thought nothing of it until she was about 22 months old and I walked in to find her standing in the second...

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Proofing Essentials
Furniture Tip-Over Prevention: A Complete Guide to Anchoring Everything

Furniture Tip-Over Prevention: A Complete Guide to Anchoring Everything

Every two weeks, a child in the United States dies because a piece of furniture fell on them. That’s not a metaphor for a broader risk category. CPSC reports one child death every two weeks from furniture, TV, or appliance...

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Room by Room
Toilet Safety for Babies: Lid Locks Drowning Prevention and Training

Toilet Safety for Babies: Lid Locks Drowning Prevention and Training

The bathroom door was open for maybe ninety seconds. That’s all it took for my younger daughter, at 18 months, to push the door wide, cross the tile, and have both hands in the toilet bowl before I got there....

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Buyer’s Guides
Smart Baby Monitor Buying Guide: WiFi vs Non-WiFi and What to Watch For

Smart Baby Monitor Buying Guide: WiFi vs Non-WiFi and What to Watch For

The monitor sitting on your nightstand is only as useful as the decisions you made buying it. Get the wrong one and you’re either squinting at a laggy, pixelated feed from your phone at 2 a.m. or tethered to a...

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Room by Room
Baby Monitor Placement in the Bedroom: Cord Safety and Positioning

Baby Monitor Placement in the Bedroom: Cord Safety and Positioning

The camera is sitting right on the crib rail. The cord loops down the side of the mattress, coils on the floor, and disappears under the dresser. It is a setup I see in almost every nursery photo posted in...

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Room by Room
How to Baby Proof Electrical Outlets in Every Room

How to Baby Proof Electrical Outlets in Every Room

Every outlet in your home is a hole in the wall at a toddler’s eye level. That’s not a metaphor. It’s a physical description of what your child sees when they’re 28 inches tall and curious about everything.Approximately 2,400 children...

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Product Guides
Drawer Safety Latches: Spring-Lock vs Magnetic vs Adhesive Compared

Drawer Safety Latches: Spring-Lock vs Magnetic vs Adhesive Compared

Every parent I know has a version of the same story. You turn your back for ninety seconds and your toddler has emptied a cabinet, opened a drawer, or gotten into something that should have been locked. My younger daughter...

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Buyer’s Guides
Baby Gate for Stairs: The Definitive Buying Guide for 2026

Baby Gate for Stairs: The Definitive Buying Guide for 2026

About 93,000 children under 5 are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for stair-related injuries, which works out to roughly one child every six minutes, according to a Nationwide Children’s Hospital analysis of CPSC NEISS data. That number stopped...

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