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...

You turn around for thirty seconds and your toddler is sitting happily on the playroom floor, mouthing something that belongs to her older sibling’s building set. No crying, no choking, just a small plastic piece disappearing behind curious lips while...

The garden looks harmless. It’s just dirt and plants and a little afternoon sun. But the same space where you grow tomatoes and deadhead roses is full of hazards that are difficult to see until you’re down at crawling height,...

Basements are where the hazards your child will find fastest are the ones you forgot were there. The half-empty jug of driveway sealer. The old shelving unit that wobbles if you look at it wrong. The sump pit you covered...

The home office is one of the most dangerous rooms in the house for a toddler, and most parents don’t realize it until something goes wrong. I learned this the hard way when my younger daughter, at around 18 months,...