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Kids' and Teens' Health Archive
Pregnancy and Infancy
- Clearing the air for your baby
- Birth control for breastfeeding women
- Bladder control during pregnancy
- Breastfeeding and working: you can do it
- Breastfeeding your baby: how long should you do it?
- Caring for your newborn: when to call the doctor
- Circumcision controversy
- The dangers of drinking for two: alcohol and birth defects
- Dealing with the drool: a teething guide for parents
- Neonatal drug withdrawal
- Feeding your infant: ages 0 to 4 months
- Feeding your infant: ages 5 to 8 months
- Feeding your infant: ages 9 to 12 months
- Folic acid: a "family values" vitamin
- Group B strep screening: don’t wait until it’s too late
- A healthy mouth for your baby
- How to keep your home clean—but not toxic
- Immunization guidelines for children
- The importance of breastfeeding premature babies
- Iron supplementation in babies and children
- Infant feeding: breast or bottle?
- Loving touch: the benefits of infant massage
- New dimensions in prenatal ultrasound: 3D and 4D
- Pregnancy, parenting, and HIV
- Prenatal screenings
- Solid advice on introducing your baby to solid foods
- Taking your baby home: caring for your newborn
- The new dads' survival kit
- Tips for keeping tiny teeth healthy
- Tips on choosing a babysitter
- Toning up your tiny tots: exercises for babies and toddlers
- Traveling by car or train with a newborn
- Traveling by plane with a newborn
- Traveling with a newborn baby: at a restaurant or hotel
- True or false: a baby who wears shoes or uses an infant walker will learn to walk sooner
- Ultrasound exams
Toddlers and School-aged Children
- Breaking your child's thumbsucking habit
- Child sexual abuse: know the warning signs
- Childhood habits
- Coming of age in the computer age
- Create a healthy summer camp experience for your child
- Dangers of exotic pets
- Emotion overload: understanding your toddler’s moods
- For kids' sake: think toy safety
- Helping your child conquer shyness
- How to keep your home clean—but not toxic
- How to wean your child from a pacifier
- Type 2 diabetes in children
- Iron supplementation in babies and children
- It isn't easy being a gifted child
- Keep your kids tobacco-free
- Keeping your child safe from accidents
- Making Halloween safer: tips for protecting your little monsters
- The new addition: what to consider before adopting a pet
- Preparing children for the new baby
- Preschool: is it necessary?
- Promoting language development and math skills in everyday activities
- Promoting motor development in everyday activities
- Seeking professional help for an angry child
- Should you spank your child?
- Should your child skip a grade?
- Summertime rashes: poison ivy, oak, and sumac
- Sweet z-z-z-z-z's: the world of childhood sleep
- Taming childhood anger—developing healthy habits
- Tips on choosing a babysitter
- True or false: eating sugar tends to make children hyperactive
- True or false: older children are more intelligent than their younger siblings
- When "time out" does and doesn't work
- When your child has inflammatory bowel disease
- When Emily's backpack weighs more than she does
- When toddlers explore their bodies
Teens and Young Adults
- Adjustment concerns with adopted adolescents
- Adolescent doctor visits
- Depression in college
- Empty nest syndrome: how to cope when the kids leave home
- A family's guide to tackling eating disorders
- Health issues for gay teens
- Healthful eating for teens on the run
- Preparing your daughter for menstruation
- Preparing your teen for driving
- Preventing adolescent suicide: what you can do
- The role of depression in adolescent obesity
- Safety tips for babysitters (part 1): general guidelines
- Safety tips for babysitters (part 2): keeping indoor play areas safe
- Safety tips for babysitters (part 3): keeping outdoor play areas safe
- Steroid use: a dangerous trend among teens
- Talking to your kids about sexually transmitted infections
- Teaching teens to navigate the health care system
- The well-stocked medicine chest every college student needs
- What every parent should know about college binge drinking
- Why teens need more sleep than they’re getting
Conditions and Treatments
- Taking care of your diabetes when you are at school or work
- When your child has cancer: dealing with the diagnosis
- Appendicitis: what you need to know
- Causes and treatment for stuttering
- Childhood cancers: long-term effects of treatment
- The connection between allergies and asthma
- Cuts and scrapes: what you can treat and when you need a doctor
- Diabetes and bad behavior: check their blood sugar!
- Giving acetominophen to your child
- Giving ibuprofen to your child
- Giving prescription medicines to your child
- Heartburn: not just for adults—kids get it too
- Helping your child manage type 1 diabetes
- How childhood cancers differ from adult cancers
- Hepatitis A in childcare settings
- Increase in type 2 diabetes in children
- Is it a cold? Or is it the flu? And what do you do?
- The ketogenic diet and epilepsy: does it really work?
- Kids get headaches too
- Intellectual disability
- Pets and your child’s allergies
- Poison ivy: beware the oils
- Preparing your child for surgery
- Raising a child with autism: the basics
- Take a bite out of tooth decay
- Teaching teens to navigate the health care system
- The hygiene hypothesis: how valid is it?
- The role of family medical history in your health
- Too soon for puberty?
- Treating head lice
- What to do when your child has a nosebleed
- What you should know about your child's bone health
- When your child has inflammatory bowel disease
- When your child needs medication
Prevention
- AHA guidelines for children’s heart health
- Birth control for breastfeeding women
- BPA raising concerns
- Childproofing your home
- Dangers of exotic pets
- Dental sealants: an investment in oral health
- Fighting bugs naturally
- Fireworks safety: how to keep it fun and avoid injury
- For kids’ sake: think toy safety
- Group B strep screening: don’t wait until it’s too late
- Healthy snacks to prevent tooth decay in kids
- How to keep your home clean—but not toxic
- How to wash your hands properly
- Immunization guidelines for children
- Keep your kids tobacco-free
- Keeping your child safe from accidents
- Keeping your kids safe in the car
- Making Halloween safer: tips for protecting your little monsters
- New dimensions in prenatal ultrasound: 3D and 4D
- Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza Vaccine: Questions and Answers
- Prenatal screenings
- Preventing adolescent suicide: what you can do
- Preventing burns in children
- Preventing child abduction
- Safety tips for babysitters (part 1): general guidelines
- Safety tips for babysitters (part 2): keeping indoor play areas safe
- Safety tips for babysitters (part 3): keeping outdoor play areas safe
- Safety tips for sleeping babies
- Summer safety tips for kids
- Swimming lessons: when should your children start?
- Talking to your kids about sexually transmitted infections
- Teaching kids about real life emergencies
- Tips on car seat safety
- Tips on choosing a babysitter
- Tips for keeping tiny teeth healthy
- Water, water, everywhere, but is it safe to swim?
- What to do if your baby chokes
Diet and Nutrition
- Breastfeeding your baby: how long should you do it?
- Creating a healthy lifestyle for kids: a guide for parents
- Eat a diet rich in calcium
- Enjoying the holidays when your child has diabetes
- A family's guide to tackling eating disorders
- Feeding your infant: ages 0 to 4 months
- Feeding your infant: ages 5 to 8 months
- Feeding your infant: ages 9 to 12 months
- Folic acid: a "family values" vitamin
- Fruit and vegetable servings for children
- Gastroenteritis diet
- Halloween: let them eat candy—but how much?
- Healthful eating for teens on the run
- Help... Emily (or Brandon) won't eat!
- Infant feeding: breast or bottle?
- Iron supplementation in babies and children
- The ketogenic diet and epilepsy: does it really work?
- Kids and caffeine: are they getting too much?
- Kids and cholesterol: keeping cholesterol under control
- Kids and weight control: the role of parents
- MyPlate for kids: food guidelines for children
- Preventing food allergies in infants and children
- The role of depression in adolescent obesity
- Solid advice on introducing your baby to solid foods
- A sports medicine approach to treating childhood obesity
- True or false: eating sugar tends to make children hyperactive
- True or false: girls who favor soft drinks are more likely to have osteoporosis later in life
- Vegetarian diet for kids: a healthy choice?
- Weight guidelines for kids: is your child overweight?
- Will the government soon provide fresh fruit and vegetables to schools?
Fitness
- Creating a healthy lifestyle for kids: a guide for parents
- Hiking and paddling: sports for a lifetime
- Promoting motor development in everyday activities
- Safety first when exercising with your little one
- Swimming lessons: when should your children start?
- Toning up your tiny tots: exercises for babies and toddlers
- Water, water, everywhere, but is it safe to swim?
- Weight guidelines for kids: is your child overweight?
- Winning at all costs: it's not worth it
- Youth sports: are the kids really having fun?
Mental Health
- Accutane and depression: is there a link?
- Adjustment concerns with adopted adolescents
- Answering your child's tough questions
- Beating the homesick blues
- Big stresses for small people
- Can your child benefit from counseling?
- Child sexual abuse: know the warning signs
- Children of divorce: easing their pain
- Coping with competition between twins
- Creativity and depression: is there a link?
- Depression in college
- Emotion overload: understanding your toddler’s moods
- Empty nest syndrome: how to cope when the kids leave home
- A family's guide to tackling eating disorders
- Health issues for gay teens
- Help for kids with oppositional defiant disorder
- Helping your child conquer shyness
- The importance of fathers
- Marriage and family therapy
- Intellectual disability
- On your own: being a good single parent
- Preparing children for the new baby
- Preventing adolescent suicide: what you can do
- Promoting language development and math skills in everyday activities
- Promoting motor development in everyday activities
- Psychological misdiagnosis of gifted and talented children
- Raising a child with autism: the basics
- Telling your kids about your terminal illness
- The role of depression in adolescent obesity
- Secondhand emotions: "catching" a bad mood
- Seeking professional help for an angry child
- Shiftworking parents: how to stay connected to your kids
- Should you spank your child?
- Smothered with something that looks like love, but isn't: munchausen syndrome by proxy
- Stemming the tide of teen violence
- Surviving family vacations
- Symptoms and signs of depression in children and adolescents
- Taming childhood anger—developing health habits
- Teaching children patience in an impatient world
- Teaching kids about diversity
- Teaching your children compassion in a violent world
- True or false: older children are more intelligent than their younger siblings
- What every parent should know about college binge drinking
- When "time out" does and doesn't work
- Why teens need more sleep than they’re getting
Personal Stories
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