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Safety

Smoke Alarms: The Single Cheapest Thing That Halves Fire Death

Most house-fire deaths happen at night, from smoke inhalation, in rooms where there was no working smoke alarm. The intervention that prevents this is...

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Safety

Fire Safety in a Home with Small Children

House-fire deaths in the developed world have dropped dramatically over the past 40 years, and almost all of that gain is attributable to one thing: w...

7 min read

Safety

Coins, Button Batteries, and Small Items

Coins, button batteries, and similar small items are commonly found in homes but present serious risks to young children. Unlike other choking hazards...

7 min read

Emotions

Early Signs of Parental Burnout

Parental burnout isn't ordinary tiredness. Researchers Isabelle Roskam and Moïra Mikolajczak, who developed the Parental Burnout Assessment, estimate...

6 min read

Health

Preventing Constipation in Toddlers: Diet, Habits, and the Withholding Cycle

Constipation in toddlers is far more common than parents realise, and it has a way of taking over family life — bedtimes hijacked by reluctant toilet...

8 min read