Jill Pellettieri’s recent Washingtonian article “ Should You Send Your Kids to Occupational Therapy?,” which ran in our February 2016 print issue with the headline “How to Hold a Pencil: And Other ...

Weighted blankets are not safe for babies or toddlers. Even with older kids, be sure to choose a blanket that weighs no more than 10 percent of your child's body weight.

The popular YnM Kids Weighted Blanket is a great place to start. It is available in several colors and a number of kid-friendly weights such as 5 pounds, 7 pounds and 10 pounds.

To determine the best weighted blanket, I put my experience with textiles and bedding to use as I researched dozens of weighted blankets online, then narrowed down the list to the most promising ...

The Bodyguard Blanket, made by a company called ProTecht, is a bulletproof 5/16-inch pad, made from the same materials used by our military, except it's for kids. They even come in different sizes.