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CHILDREN AND TEEN CARE
The Importance of Routines for Children
Young children don’t have an understanding of time. Routines for children establish a sense of security and help them develop self-discipline.
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RAISING HEALTHY CHILDREN
Raising Healthy Children
Our guide about helping your child grow up healthy.
BMI Calculator for Children and Teens
Body mass index (BMI) is one way to estimate a person's body fat that takes into consideration the person's height. BMI is calculated using a person's weight and height. In children and teens, BMI is used to find out if a child or teen is underweight, of a healthy weight, overweight, or obese. A child's body fat changes with age. Also, girls and boys differ in their amount of body fat as they mature. This is why BMI for children, also known as BMI-for-age, includes gender and age.
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How to Get Your Child Up and Moving
Motivating children takes creativity. Here’s how you can get your child up and moving, doing activity that doesn’t include a video screen or television.
How to Explain a Disability to a Child
Have a conversation with your child and emphasize the differences and similarities between someone with a disability and someone without one.
Helping Your Child with Homesickness
Camps and sleepovers should be fun. But some kids get anxious and don’t want to go. Here are 10 tips to help your child with homesickness.
Parents Need to Learn Causes of Childhood Obesity
Overweight kids don’t need obesity treatment if their parents do. When parents learn how to prevent obesity, the entire family benefits.
Teach Your Teen About the Effects of Alcohol
One in 6 American high-schoolers binge drink; 1 in 5 will get into a car with a drunk driver. Have a candid talk with your teen about the effects of alcohol
Five Myths About Dyslexia
When you begin to investigate the reading disorder dyslexia, you’ll run into a number of myths that will distract you and your child or set you back.
Teach Your Kids How to Build Confidence
Teaching your kids how to build confidence – and then performance – isn’t really all that hard. Learn here about some tricks that will help.
Allergy Relief for Kids
Despite advances in allergy treatments, sometimes allergy relief for kids is a matter of simply keeping them inside when certain allergens are in the air
Gluten-free Diets Can Be Unhealthy for Kids
Unless your child has been diagnosed with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, gluten-free foods may not be healthy for your youngster.
Should You Save Your Baby Child’s Teeth?
Baby teeth, wisdom teeth, and extracted teeth can provide a rich source of cells that could treat your child’s future illness, particularly type 1 diabetes.
What Do You Know About Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease that mostly affects the respiratory and digestive systems. About 30,000 children and young adults in the U.S. have CF. Most of them are descendants of people from northern Europe. Find out more about CF by taking this quiz, based on information from the National Institutes of Health.
1. CF affects which body system?