The Parenting Journal

Basements are where the hazards your child will find fastest are the ones you forgot were there. The half-empty jug of driveway sealer. The old shelving unit that wobbles if you look at it wrong. The sump pit you covered...

Approximately 2,400 children are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for electrical outlet injuries (CPSC). That number has stayed stubbornly consistent for years, and it doesn’t have to. Most of those injuries are preventable with the right cover installed...

The moment you close your laptop lid at 5pm used to mean the workday was over. Now your office is also your living space, and "closing time" is a concept your toddler has never respected.Working from home with a baby...

Every parent who has watched a toddler scale the back of the couch knows the feeling: pride and terror arriving at exactly the same moment. Climbing is hardwired into this age group. It builds strength, spatial reasoning, and confidence. But...

About 93,000 children under 5 are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for stair-related injuries. That number comes from a Nationwide Children’s Hospital analysis of CPSC NEISS data, and it is the reason most parents start researching baby gates...

A playpen feels like a solution. You put the baby down, turn your back for three minutes, and nothing terrible happens. It works so reliably that it’s easy to start thinking of it as a substitute for baby proofing rather...

Approximately 2,400 children are treated in U.S. emergency rooms each year for electrical outlet injuries (CPSC). That number is preventable. And the type of cover you choose matters more than most parents realize when they’re standing in the hardware store...

The dining room doesn’t look dangerous. That’s the problem. There’s no open water, no stairs, no obvious drop. What there is: hard edges at exactly toddler-head height, a tablecloth a curious two-year-old can yank with both fists, glassware at arm’s...

Most parents reach for a playpen out of necessity. You need two free hands. You need two free hands. The baby needs to be safe. The playpen solves that equation. But somewhere between "occasional safe zone" and "all-day solution," something...