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A pediatricians’ group now says that toddlers shouldn’t move to a forward-facing seat until at least age 2.

Parents and children can drill down to dentistry's fun side at the National Museum of Dentistry through Jan. 30.

The government is outlawing drop-side cribs after the deaths of more than 30 infants and toddlers in the past decade.

The lawlessness of the Internet, its potential for casual, breathtaking cruelty, and its capacity to cloak a bully’s identity all present slippery new challenges to this transitional generation of analog parents.

A 4-day-old infant child died after being attacked by his family's pit bull terrier Sunday evening at his home in Jacksonville, Florida, according to John Harrell, a spokesman with the Florida's Department of Children and Family.

More than 40,000 drop-side cribs are being recalled for safety concerns.

Graco Children's Products Inc, a unit of Newell Rubbermaid, is recalling about 2 million baby strollers sold before 2008 at major U.S. retailers, after four infants died of strangulation.

The recalls, which cover the United States and Canada, involve seven million tricycles and more than a million high chairs as well as other products.

Sleep positioners marketed with the promise of helping babies sleep safely are too dangerous to use and should not be sold, U.S. officials warned on Wednesday.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission plans to ban the sale of drop-side cribs and prohibit them in hotels and day care centers late this y ...