The Parenting Journal

Every parent eventually stands in front of a cabinet full of cleaning supplies and thinks: I need to lock this. The harder question is which lock will hold. Two types dominate the market. Magnetic cabinet locks install inside the cabinet...

The nursery thermometer I bought for my older daughter sat on the dresser for the first three weeks of her life. I thought I was doing fine by feel. Then a pediatric nurse asked me at a well visit what...

Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury death in children ages 1–4 (CDC). That number stops most parents cold, and it should. Pools get most of the attention, and rightly so. But toilets sit in nearly every home, they...

Every kitchen tells a story about the people who use it. Mine tells a story about a 22-month-old who, in the time it took me to answer the front door, opened the cabinet under the sink, pulled out a bottle...

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....

About 3,500 infants die each year from sleep-related causes in the United States, according to CDC SUID data. That number has not changed much in recent years, despite everything we know about how to reduce it. Most of those deaths...

About 3,500 infants die each year from sleep-related causes in the United States, according to CDC SUID data. Most of those deaths happen in environments that looked safe to the parents who set them up. That’s the part that stays...

Every week, somewhere in the United States, a dresser falls on a child. That is not a rhetorical device. CPSC reports one child death every two weeks from furniture, TV, or appliance tip-overs. And the location where it most often...

Every nursery looks safe before a baby arrives. The room is clean, the furniture is new, the crib is assembled and sitting in the corner like a promise. Then your baby starts moving, and you realize the room you designed...