The Parenting Journal

The air inside your baby’s nursery is almost certainly more polluted than the air outside. That’s not a scare tactic. It’s a well-documented consequence of how modern homes are built, furnished, and cleaned. Sealed windows, synthetic carpets, new paint, scented...

Every year, Safe Kids Worldwide’s 2015 Report to the Nation found that more than 3.4 million children experience an unintentional home-related injury each year, and more than 2,200 die from those injuries, about six every single day. That number stops...

Carbon monoxide poisoning kills more than 400 people each year and sends more than 100,000 to U.S. emergency rooms (CDC). An infant sleeping in the next room cannot smell the gas, cannot feel the headache building, and cannot call out...

Every year, parents walk into a baby store or open a browser tab and face a wall of cribs that look more or less identical. The differences that matter most aren’t visible in a product photo. They’re in the standards...

Renting an apartment with a baby or toddler is a specific kind of puzzle. You’re trying to protect a small human who has no concept of danger, in a space you don’t own, using methods your landlord will permit. The...

Renting with a baby is a particular kind of puzzle. You need every safety measure a homeowner would install, but you’re working under a lease that says you can’t put a screw in the wall without permission. The good news:...

Most parents use "baby proofing" and "childproofing" as if they mean the same thing. They don’t. And the gap between them is where a lot of kids get hurt. Both terms describe making your home safer for children. But they...

The weeks before your due date feel like the last quiet stretch you’ll have for years. You’re tired, your back aches, and the nursery still isn’t finished. But this window, roughly weeks 28 through 36, is the best time you’ll...

Standing in the baby carrier aisle, holding two different products, you may feel unsure which one won’t hurt your kid. The packaging all says "ergonomic" and "safe from birth," but none of it tells you what goes wrong. Here’s what...