The Parenting Journal

From 1991 to 2001, more than 24,000 children under 10 were treated in U.S. emergency rooms for electrical outlet injuries, about 7 a day (Electrical Safety Foundation International, citing CPSC data). Many of those injuries were preventable. And the type...

Opening a baby registry can feel overwhelming: 400 items, zero context, and a due date closing in. The registry becomes a wish list. It should be a safety plan. Room by room is the approach: start with space, not brand...

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