The Parenting Journal

Renting an apartment or living in a leased home doesn’t mean you get to skip babyproofing. It means you have to be smarter about it.For a lot of parents, the fear of losing a security deposit is real enough that...

Most magnetic cabinet locks are installed in a burst of new-parent energy and removed sometime later, often when kids age out, when you’re moving, or when the lock stops working. The removal part gets less attention than the installation. That’s...

Every summer, a brightly colored inflatable pool appears in backyards across the country, and with it comes a risk that most parents underestimate. These aren’t deep pools. They aren’t complicated. They look like toys. But drowning is the leading cause...