The Parenting Journal

Most parents think carefully about cabinet locks and outlet covers. The shower door doesn’t cross their mind until a toddler sprints across the bathroom tile and slams a palm into the glass. Glass shower doors combine several hazards in one...

How to baby proof a home gym: the risks of treadmills, weights and bikes, and how a closed door, a gate and one safety key help.

Baby Proof Me sells no faucet lock. Here is what the AAP and CPSC say about hot water at the tap: temperature first, a door latch, testing and habits, and what a cushioned faucet cover is really for.

What to check on a couch before a baby crawls and climbs: hard corners, falls, the sofa-sleep warning and recliner mechanisms.

A TV stand can tip, be climbed, be opened and hide cords and batteries. What to anchor, latch, move and keep out of a baby’s reach.

Bathroom injuries don’t announce themselves. One moment you’re rinsing shampoo out of your hair, and the next you hear the unmistakable thud of a small body making contact with glass. Shower doors sit at an awkward intersection of hazards: hard...

Most parents childproof the kitchen and the bathroom without a second thought. The garage gets a mental asterisk: I’ll deal with that later. But "later" has a way of arriving the moment a curious two-year-old figures out the door handle....

Roughly one child every six minutes is treated for a stair-related injury in a U.S. emergency room. That number, drawn from a Nationwide Children’s Hospital analysis of CPSC NEISS data, represents about 93,000 children under 5 per year. If you...

The room looks perfect in the photos. Soft paint, coordinating furniture, a glowing nightlight in the corner. Then you bring your baby home and realize the beautiful dresser is positioned directly under the window, the cord from the roman shade...