The Parenting Journal

Every china cabinet looks like a display case to an adult. To a two-year-old, it looks like a challenge.Built-in china cabinets are one of the trickier baby-proofing jobs in any home. They’re fixed to the wall, often finished in paint...

Every year, parents make hundreds of small decisions about which products to buy, which hazards to prioritize, and which corners of the house to tackle first. Most of those decisions happen fast, between nap times and work calls, with a...

My younger daughter was 18 months old when she figured out the pull-out pantry. I heard the familiar rumble of the drawer gliding open, then silence. By the time I crossed the kitchen, she had a box of pasta in...

Every year, an estimated 60,000+ children under five are treated in U.S. emergency departments for unintentional poisoning (CPSC). A meaningful share of those calls to Poison Control involve plants. Not medications. Not cleaning products. Plants sitting on windowsills and shelves,...

Every year, about 3,500 infants die from sleep-related causes in the United States (CDC SUID data). That number sits behind every conversation about where babies sleep, and it deserves to be taken seriously rather than filtered through reassurance.Co-sleeping means different...

About 93,000 children under 5 are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for stair-related injuries (CDC). That number is why baby gates exist. But a gate sitting in your doorway is only as good as the standard it was...

Every 15 seconds, someone in the U.S. calls a poison center about an exposure, about 2.1 million calls in 2024 alone, according to America’s Poison Centers. A significant share of those calls involve children who found something they shouldn’t have....

Most cabinet locks work on one assumption: the door opens from one spot. A Lazy Susan breaks that assumption entirely.The rotating tray inside means your child can push the door open at any angle, reach around the edge, and spin...

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...