The Parenting Journal

Small apartments concentrate hazards. Everything is closer together: the kitchen is steps from where your baby plays, the bathroom door is always in view, and the single bookcase in the corner holds everything from your router to a heavy vase....

Every two weeks, a child in the United States dies because a piece of furniture fell on them. That’s not a metaphor for a broader risk category. CPSC reports one child death every two weeks from furniture, TV, or appliance...

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,...

About 93,000 children under 5 are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for stair-related injuries. That’s one child every six minutes, according to a Nationwide Children’s Hospital analysis of CPSC data. And stairs are just one hazard in a...

The first outdoor trip with a newborn feels like a military operation. Sunscreen? Too young. Bug spray? Which kind? Hat, yes, but how much shade is enough shade? You’re standing in the driveway with a stroller and a diaper bag...

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...

Most parents leave the pediatrician’s office with a growth chart and a vaccine schedule. The baby-proofing conversation, if it happens at all, gets squeezed into the last two minutes of a well visit. But pediatricians have strong, evidence-based opinions about...

Every 15 seconds, someone in the U.S. calls a poison center about an exposure. America’s Poison Centers logged nearly 2.1 million human poison exposures in 2024, the equivalent of one case every 15 seconds. And when you narrow that down...

Every time I walk past the nursery at 11 p.m. and hear the Echo Dot pick up a rustle, I think about how much has changed since my older daughter was born. Back then, a baby monitor was a one-way...