The Parenting Journal

Approximately 2,400 children are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for electrical outlet injuries (CPSC). That number is small enough that parents sometimes dismiss outlets as a minor hazard, and large enough that it represents real kids, real burns,...

Approximately 2,400 children are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for electrical outlet injuries (CPSC). That number is both alarming and, increasingly, preventable. The hardware exists to stop most of those injuries. The harder question is which hardware works,...

The double doors look beautiful. Wide, light-filled, elegant. And then your toddler discovers they open from both sides, swing hard enough to catch a small hand, and have glass panels that run from eye level to the floor.French doors are...

Roughly one child every six minutes is treated in a U.S. emergency room for a stair-related injury, according to a Nationwide Children’s Hospital analysis of CPSC NEISS data. Read that again. Every six minutes. Stairs are one of those hazards...

The fireplace looks beautiful. It is also one of the most dangerous surfaces in your home the moment a child learns to pull up.Glass-front gas fireplace surfaces can reach 500°F minimum and up to 1,328°F, causing third-degree burns in seconds...

Every baby goes through the same basic developmental arc, but the hazards that matter most shift significantly in the first year. What threatens a two-month-old is almost nothing like what threatens a ten-month-old. Most parents babyproof in one big sweep...

The bedroom feels safe. It’s quiet, familiar, soft-edged. And that’s exactly why it catches parents off guard.Most of the serious hazards in a child’s bedroom don’t announce themselves. They look like furniture. They look like windows. They look like a...