The Parenting Journal

About 3,300 children age 5 and younger are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for window fall injuries (CPSC). That number has stayed stubbornly consistent for years, and the reason is simple: windows are one of the few hazards...

Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury death in children ages 1–4 (CDC). Not car accidents. Not falls. Water. And most of those drownings happen in home pools, often within a few feet of an adult who had no...

The car seat is installed. You checked the box. But if you’re like most parents, there’s a real chance it isn’t installed correctly.Most car seats in use have at least one significant installation error. These errors affect how the seat...

Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury death in children ages 1–4 (CDC). Not a distant risk. Not something that happens to other families. The number one cause, for the age group that toddles straight toward water without a...

Standing in the baby-proofing aisle with a half-full cart and phone calculator open, wondering if you’re buying too much or not nearly enough, is a familiar moment. The second time around doesn’t get faster.What I’ve learned from installing, testing, and...

The kitchen is the most dangerous room in your house for a mobile child. Not the bathroom, not the garage. The kitchen. Open flames, boiling water, heavy appliances at grabbing height, and cabinets full of cleaners and sharp objects, all...

Every year, the CPSC receives reports of thousands of injuries to children under five involving furniture and cabinet hardware. Most happen in kitchens and bathrooms. Most are preventable. And most parents don’t realize the cabinet lock they installed three months...

Every room in your house is a different kind of problem. That’s the thing most childproofing guides miss. They hand you a checklist, you buy some outlet covers, and you feel like you’ve handled it. Then your toddler opens the...

Every parent has had that moment: you need two free hands for five minutes, and your baby has other ideas.A play yard gives you those five minutes. It also gives you a contained, predictable space when you’re cooking, working from...