The Parenting Journal

Three out of five home fire deaths occur in homes with no smoke alarms or non-functioning ones (NFPA). Read that again. Not homes without sprinkler systems or fire-resistant construction. Homes without a working detector. That single statistic is why this...

Every door in your house is a decision point. Some lead to safe spaces. Others open onto staircases, garages, cleaning supplies, and pools. The hardware on those doors is the only thing standing between your toddler and whatever is on...

The kitchen is the most dangerous room in the house for a toddler, and hot water is a big reason why. The CDC reports that every day 435 children ages 0–19 are treated in emergency rooms for burn-related injuries and...

The air inside your baby’s nursery is almost certainly more polluted than the air outside. That’s not a scare tactic. It’s a well-documented consequence of how modern homes are built, furnished, and cleaned. Sealed windows, synthetic carpets, new paint, scented...

Every year, Safe Kids Worldwide’s 2015 Report to the Nation found that more than 3.4 million children experience an unintentional home-related injury each year, and more than 2,200 die from those injuries, about six every single day. That number stops...

Carbon monoxide poisoning kills more than 400 people each year and sends more than 100,000 to U.S. emergency rooms (CDC). An infant sleeping in the next room cannot smell the gas, cannot feel the headache building, and cannot call out...

Every year, parents walk into a baby store or open a browser tab and face a wall of cribs that look more or less identical. The differences that matter most aren’t visible in a product photo. They’re in the standards...

Renting an apartment with a baby or toddler is a specific kind of puzzle. You’re trying to protect a small human who has no concept of danger, in a space you don’t own, using methods your landlord will permit. The...

Renting with a baby is a particular kind of puzzle. You need every safety measure a homeowner would install, but you’re working under a lease that says you can’t put a screw in the wall without permission. The good news:...