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A child dies in a portable pool every five days during warm-weather months, according to the first U.S. study on child drownings in such pools, a statistic that the study's senior author says demonstrates the need for consumer education and affordable protection devices....

Car seats, portable cribs contain toxic or untested chemical flame retardants, a study finds. Others say the findings overstate the risk.

Recession-related stress may have triggered an alarming increase in non-accidental head injuries among infants, new research suggests.

A 3-year-old boy freed himself from a safety harness. stood up and fell to his death from a roller coaster he was riding with his family at a Chicago suburban amusement park, authorities confirmed on Sunday.

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.

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

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.