The Parenting Journal

The holiday season is the one time of year most parents willingly bring a large, climbable, needle-shedding, cord-covered object into their living room and surround it with breakable glass and small shiny pieces. If you have a crawler, a toddler,...

The holidays turn your living room into an obstacle course. Twinkling lights, dangling ornaments, flickering candles, a six-foot tree that your baby is already eyeing like a climbing wall. It’s beautiful. It’s also a hazardous environment for a child who...