It's much better to teach children to manage the risks they will inevitably encounter in their lives that to try to protect them from every hazard.  Accidents, bumps and bruises are a part of childhood, and the more active your child, the more bumps she will get. You don't want to say 'No' to...

You can tell a toddler’s mum by the way she moves hot drinks off low tables – even if it isn’t in her home. Every parent experiences a flurry of concern for the safety of a baby when she first comes home from hospital, or when the trauma of birth has passed. But at this stage of your child’s...