Watch out for dishes, especially older ones. The older Lenox dishes my family used for 40 years turned out to have heavily leaded glaze on the surface. By the time I was using them for my own kids, the glaze could turn a lead-check swab bright red, which means we were eating that lead.
After I discovered this I replaced all of our dishes with plain white Corelle. Corelle currently uses lead-free glaze; the plain white is just me being an absolutist.
Note that vintage Corelle and almost all other vintage cookware contains some amount of lead in the decorative glaze.
Here's a good resource for lead content in the household items your kids are likely to encounter:
After I discovered this I replaced all of our dishes with plain white Corelle. Corelle currently uses lead-free glaze; the plain white is just me being an absolutist.
Note that vintage Corelle and almost all other vintage cookware contains some amount of lead in the decorative glaze.
Here's a good resource for lead content in the household items your kids are likely to encounter:
https://tamararubin.com/