The Parenting Journal

The living room looks safe. Soft couch, low coffee table, maybe a basket of toys in the corner. But the outlets clustered behind the entertainment center, the lamp cord snaking across the baseboard, the window blind cord looped over its...

Every living room looks different. But the hazards inside them are remarkably consistent, and the window of time you have before a crawling baby becomes a cruising toddler becomes a full-sprint preschooler is shorter than it feels.I’ve been through this...

The cord hanging beside your living room window has probably never crossed your mind as dangerous. It blends in. It’s always been there. But for a toddler who has just learned to pull, reach, and climb, that cord is one...