Safety & Family

While we wait for an important new law to pass, take your kid’s car safety into your own hands.

And the (gross) reason your eyes turn red in the water.

And how to stay away from them.

Expert confirms there’s no safe way to bounce.

How to clean it, when to toss it out, and what to look for when buying one.

Learn how to avoid the most common swindles—from high-tech password theft to low-tech door-to-door hustles.

Real Simple asked a panel of experts to offer their two cents.

A child is injured every 30 minutes by tipped or falling furniture. Kim Dulic, spokesperson for the CPSC and Anchor It campaign manager, gave us some guidelines to ensure that heavy pieces do not topple over. These low-cost fixes can help prevent a potentially life threatening accident from occurring under your roof.

Let them climb trees!

If you want a calm, authoritative voice in your ear, expertly guiding you onto highways and byways, look no further than your smartphone. These GPS apps give clear, concise road directions, but that’s not even the half of what they can do. Which one is right for you? Real Simple test-drove five of the top offerings.