The Parenting Journal
Room by Room
High Chair Safety in the Dining Room: Straps Placement and Cleaning
Key Takeaways Keep the high chair at least an arm’s length from tables, walls, and any reachable surface. Buckle all five harness points at every meal, no exceptions, and check the fit with one finger. Adjust shoulder strap height every...
Buyer’s Guides
Top Rated Baby Proofing Products: Editor Tested Parent Approved
Key Takeaways Hardware-mounted gates are required at stair tops. Pressure-mounted gates belong only in doorways. Magnetic cabinet locks are the only reliable choice for cabinets holding chemicals or medications. Tamper-resistant outlets are a permanent fix. Plug-in caps are a choking...
Age and Stage
Diaper Changing Safety: Preventing Falls from the Changing Table
Every diaper change is a small, ordinary moment. It is also one of the most common settings for an infant fall.Changing table falls send thousands of children to emergency rooms each year in the United States. Most of those falls...
Product Guides
Is Bubble Wrap a Safe DIY Corner Protector?
Bubble wrap feels satisfying to pop, and it’s free if you just unpacked a delivery. The logic is understandable: it’s soft, it’s padded, it wraps around a corner. But the logic is wrong, and understanding why matters before your toddler’s...
Product Guides
Why Do Foam Corner Protectors Keep Falling Off? Fix It Permanently
Every foam corner protector you’ve ever peeled off the floor and tried to press back onto a table leg has one thing in common: the failure wasn’t random. There’s a reason it fell off, and once you know it, you...
Room by Room
Pool Alarms and Covers: Layered Water Safety for Families with Babies
Every summer, a child drowns in a backyard pool while an adult is home. No screaming. No splashing. Just silence, and then a frantic search that ends in tragedy. Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury death in children...
Buyer’s Guides
Baby Registry Must-Haves 2026: Safety Items New Parents Overlook
Most baby registries look the same. A stroller, a bouncer, a white noise machine, a mountain of swaddles. And underneath all of it, a gap where the safety items should be.That gap isn’t laziness. It’s a knowledge problem. Registry tools...
Product Guides
Is It Safe to Use Foam Corner Protectors on Glass Tables?
Every year, parents make dozens of small decisions about furniture that seem minor but aren’t. A glass coffee table is one of them.Foam corner protectors can reduce the injury risk from sharp glass edges, and that matters. But they don’t...
Room by Room
Kitchen Table and High Chair Safety: Preventing Falls at Mealtime
About 9,400 children under age 3 are treated in U.S. emergency departments each year for high-chair-related injuries (CPSC). That number stopped me cold when I first read it, because I know exactly how those moments happen. You turn around to...