The Parenting Journal

The plastic outlet cap sitting in your toddler’s mouth is not a hypothetical. It happens. And the parents who discover it are usually the ones who installed the caps specifically to prevent a different kind of danger.This is the central...

The goal of a yes space is simple: give your baby a defined area where the answer to every question is yes. Yes, you can touch that. Yes, you can pull that out. Yes, you can explore freely. No redirecting,...

Spray foam in a nursery sounds like a strange idea until you’ve watched a curious toddler find every gap, crack, and crevice you forgot to seal. Parents searching for "baby proofing spray foam" are usually trying to solve a real...

My younger daughter was 14 months old when she figured out the cabinet under the kitchen sink. I had turned around to answer the doorbell, and by the time I came back, she was sitting on the tile holding a...

Every new parent I’ve ever talked to describes the same feeling: you bring this tiny person home, and the house you’ve lived in for years suddenly looks like a minefield. The crib, the stairs, the cabinet under the sink, the...

Most parents think they have more time than they do. The baby isn’t moving yet, the living room looks fine, and the cabinet under the sink is just cleaning supplies. Then one day you look up and your eight-month-old has...

Approximately 2,400 children are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for electrical outlet injuries (CPSC). That number is lower than it was two decades ago, and the reason isn’t that parents got better at supervision. It’s that the hardware...

The goal of a yes space sounds simple: give your baby or toddler a zone where the answer to every question their body asks is "go ahead." But building one without turning your home into a padded cell takes more...