Parenting
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Raising a child can be both challenging and rewarding. It can be easy to know where to turn when your child has a cold or an infection. But it can be hard to know how to talk to your child, how to teach your child healthy eating habits, and how to help your child deal with stress. Watching your child grow and learn is the reward for good parenting. Our topics can give you information to help your child be safe, healthy, and happy.
Learn more in our topics for parents, such as:
Health Topics
- Abdominal Pain, Age 11 and Younger
- Acne
- Alcohol Effects on a Fetus
- Amblyopia
- Anger, Hostility, and Violent Behavior
- Animal and Human Bites
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Appreciating Your Child's Personality
- Asthma in Children
- Asthma's Impact on Your Child's Life
- Autism
- Basic Dental Care
- Bed-Wetting
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
- Birth Control
- Biting
- Bottle-Feeding
- Bottle-Feeding: Disadvantages for Babies
- Breast-Feeding
- Breast-Feeding Multiple Infants
- Breast-Feeding: Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs
- Breath-Holding Spells
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Bullying
- Burns
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Caring for More Than One Baby
- Chickenpox (Varicella)
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Care: Hidden Costs
- Child Care: Interviewing Care Providers
- Choking Prevention in Small Children
- Choking Rescue Procedure (Heimlich Maneuver)
- Choosing Child Care
- Circumcision
- Cold Temperature Exposure
- Colds
- Colic
- Constipation, Age 11 and Younger
- Coping Strategies to Avoid Harming a Baby
- Coughs, Age 11 and Younger
- Croup
- Crying Child That Is Not Acting Normally
- Crying, Age 3 and Younger
- Cup-Feeding Baby With Breast Milk or Formula
- Cuts
- Dealing With Emergencies
- Dealing With Today's Teen Issues
- Depression in Children and Teens
- Diaper Rash
- Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
- Domestic Violence
- Ear Infections
- Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
- Early Disease Detection
- Eating Disorders and Self-Esteem
- Elbow Injuries
- Elbow Problems, Noninjury
- Encouraging Language Development in Your Preschooler
- Exposure to Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Family Life Cycle
- Feeding Schedule for Babies
- Fifth Disease
- Food Allergies
- Food Poisoning and Safe Food Handling
- Gastroesophageal Reflux in Babies and Children
- Genetics
- Genital Warts (Human Papillomavirus)
- Group Child Care: Activities
- Growth and Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
- Growth and Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
- Growth and Development, Ages 15 to 18 Years
- Growth and Development, Ages 2 to 5 Years
- Growth and Development, Ages 6 to 10 Years
- Growth and Development, Newborn
- Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
- Headaches in Children
- Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
- Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years
- Healthy Eating for Children
- Healthy Habits for Kids
- Helping Adolescents Develop More Mature Ways of Thinking
- Helping Children With Disabilities Stay Active
- Helping the Overweight Child
- Helping Your Child Build Inner Strength
- How Reading Helps Language Development
- Immunizations: Questions Parents Ask
- Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Affect Your Lifespan?
- Jaundice in Newborns (Hyperbilirubinemia)
- Lead Poisoning
- Lice
- Making the Most of Your Appointment
- Malocclusion and Orthodontics
- Managing Your Toddler's Frustrating Behaviors
- Measles (Rubeola)
- Medicine Use While Breast-Feeding
- Mind-Body Wellness
- Mononucleosis (Mono)
- Mumps
- Newborn Rashes and Skin Conditions
- Normal Menstrual Cycle
- Other Health Problems Caused by Herpes Simplex Virus
- Pediatric Preparation for Medical Tests
- Physical Activity for Children and Teens
- Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head)
- Premature Infant
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Preparing Your Child for the Hospital
- Prevent Medical Errors
- Preventing Children's Injuries From Sports and Other Activities
- Quick Tips: Getting Active as a Family
- Quick Tips: Giving Over-the-Counter Medicines to Children
- Quick Tips: Helping Your Child Stay Safe and Healthy
- Quick Tips: Staying Active in Cold Weather
- Quick Tips: Staying Active in Hot Weather
- Quick Tips: Using Backpacks Safely
- Rabies
- Radon
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
- Reye Syndrome
- Rotavirus
- Rubella (German Measles)
- Scoliosis
- Self-Esteem, Ages 6 to 10
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Shock
- Sibling Rivalry
- Speech and Language Development
- Strabismus
- Stress Management
- Stuttering
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Taking Care of Yourself When You Have a Child With Physical, Emotional, or Behavioral Problems
- Talking to Your Adolescent or Teen About Problems
- Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Teen Substance Use: Making a Contract With Your Teen
- Teething
- Temper Tantrums
- Terrorism and Other Public Health Threats
- Thumb-Sucking
- Tips for Pregnant Parents
- Toilet Training
- Travel Health
- Urinary Tract Infections in Children
- Vaccine Information Statements
- Vegetarian Diets
- Violent Behavior in Children and Teens
- Vital Signs in Children
- Warts and Plantar Warts
- Weaning
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
- Your Baby's Daily Needs
- Your Home Health Center
- Your Toddler: Safe Ways to Explore
Take Action
- Croup: Managing a Croup Attack
- Fitness: Teaching Your Child to Stay Active
- Grief: Helping Children With Grief
- Growth and Development: Helping Your Child Build Self-Esteem
- Healthy Eating: Helping Your Child Learn Healthy Eating Habits
- Sleep: Helping Your Children—and Yourself—Sleep Well
- Stress Management: Helping Your Child With Stress
- Stress Management: Managing Your Time
- Stress Management: Relaxing Your Mind and Body
- Substance Abuse: Dealing With Teen Substance Use
- Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop
Last Revised: November 14, 2011
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
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