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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:

Healthy Eating for Children.
Protecting Your Child From Infections.
Immunizations: Questions Parents Ask.
Choosing Child Care.
Healthy Habits for Kids.
Helping Your Child Avoid Tobacco, Drugs, and Alcohol.
Stress Management: Helping Your Child With Stress.

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Abusive Head Trauma
Active Listening
ADHD: Taking Care of Yourself When Your Child Has ADHD
Aggression in Youth
Amblyopia
Anorexia Nervosa
Appreciating Your Child's Personality
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Baby's Daily Needs: What to Expect
Bedwetting in Children
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
Biting
Bonding With Your Baby
Bottle-Feeding
Bottle-Feeding: Weaning a Baby
Breath-Holding Spells
Breath-Holding Spells: Keeping a Record
Bulimia Nervosa
Bullying
Bullying: Building a Child's Self-Esteem
Bullying: How to Help Your Child Who Bullies
Bullying: Signs a Child Is Bullied
Burping a Baby
Caring for More Than One Baby
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Safety: Pets
Child Safety: Preventing Burns
Child Safety: Preventing Child Abduction
Child Safety: Preventing Falls
Child Safety: Streets and Motor Vehicles
Child Safety: Strollers and Shopping Carts
Child Safety: Washing Toys to Prevent Germs
Childhood Fears and Exposure to Violence
Choking Rescue Procedure: Heimlich Manoeuvre
Choosing Child Care
Coping Strategies to Avoid Harming a Baby
Coping When Your Child Is Near the End of Life
Corporal Punishment
Croup
Crying Child and Possible Abuse
Crying Child That Is Not Acting Normally
Crying, Age 3 and Younger
Crying: Helping a Tired or Overstimulated Child
Cup-Feeding Baby With Breast Milk or Formula
Dealing With Emergencies
Dealing With Today's Teen Issues
Ear Infections
Effective Parenting: Discipline
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 11 to 14 Years
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 12 to 24 Months
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 15 to 18 Years
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 6 to 10 Years
Emotional and Social Growth in Newborns
Emotional Development, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Encouraging Language Development in Your Preschooler
Establishing Limits With Your School-Age Child
Evaluating Pain in a Child
Family Life Cycle
Family Meetings
Family Rules Form
Grief: Helping Teens With Grief
Growth and Development Milestones
Growth and Development, Ages 1 to 12 Months
Growth and Development, Ages 11 to 14 Years
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
Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years
Healthy Attitudes Toward Food and Exercise
Healthy Eating in Children: Things That Influence Food Choices
Healthy Habits for Kids
Help Your School-Age Child Develop Social Skills
Help Your Working Teen Balance Responsibilities and Set Priorities
Helping Adolescents Develop More Mature Ways of Thinking
Helping Children With Disabilities Stay Active
Helping Kids Handle Peer Pressure
Helping Your Child Avoid Tobacco, Drugs, and Alcohol
Helping Your Child Build a Healthy Body Image
Helping Your Child Build Inner Strength
Helping Your Child Transition Into Middle School or Junior High
Helping Your Child Who Is Overweight
Helping Your Newborn Learn
Helping Your School-Age Child Learn About the Body
Helping Your Teen Become a Safe Driver
How ADHD Affects Your Child
How Reading Helps Language Development
How to Teach Your Child by Example
Immunizations: Questions Parents Ask
Infant Crying
Jaundice in Newborns (Hyperbilirubinemia)
Language Development From Age 6 to 10 Years
Language Development in Newborns
Listening to Your Kids
Making the Most of Your Appointment
Managing Your Toddler's Frustrating Behaviours
Measles (Rubeola)
Media and Your Child: Making Choices
Mumps
Physical Activity for Children and Teens
Preparing Your Child for the Hospital
Preschoolers: Building a Sense of Security
Preschoolers: Building Self-Control
Preschoolers: Building Social Skills
Preschoolers: Encouraging Independence
Preschoolers: Helping Your Child Explore
Preventing Breath-Holding Spells in Children
Preventing Children's Injuries From Sports and Other Activities
Protecting Your Child From Online Strangers
Quick Tips: Babyproofing Your Home
Quick Tips: Getting Active as a Family
Quick Tips: Getting Baby to Sleep
Quick Tips: Helping Your Child Stay Safe and Healthy
Quick Tips: Using Backpacks Safely
Recognizing and Developing Your Children's Special Talents
Reducing Biting in Children Ages 15 to 36 Months
Reducing Biting in Children Ages 8 to 14 Months
Reducing Biting in Teething Babies
Reye Syndrome
Safe Water for Mixing Infant Formula
Self-Esteem, Ages 6 to 10
Separation Anxiety: Helping Your Child
Signs That Your Baby Is Getting Enough Breast Milk
Speech and Language Development
Speech and Language Development: Helping Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Staying Aware of What Your Child Is Doing Online
Stimulate Your Baby's Learning
Stuttering
Taking Care of Yourself When You Have a Child With Physical, Emotional, or Behavioural Problems
Taking Care of Yourself When Your Baby Is Fussy
Taking Care of Yourself When Your Child Is Sick
Talking to Your Adolescent or Teen About Problems
Talking to Your Child About Appropriate Online Behavior
Teen Substance Use Disorder: Choosing a Treatment Program
Teen Substance Use: Making a Contract With Your Teen
Teens With Diabetes: Issues for Parents
Teething
Temper Tantrums
Temper Tantrums: Keeping a Record
Thumb-Sucking
Time-Out
Tips for Parents of Teens
Tips for Pregnant Parents
Validating Your Child's Emotions
Violent Behaviour in Children and Teens
Vital Signs in Children
Ways to Comfort a Baby in the Hospital
Ways to Comfort a Crying Baby
Weaning
Your Teen's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Your Toddler: Safe Ways to Explore

Ear Infection: Should I Give My Child Antibiotics?

ADHD: Helping Your Child Get the Most From School
ADHD: Helping Your Child Get Things Done
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
Preventing Choking in Small Children
Sibling Rivalry: Reducing Conflict and Jealousy
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 Use Disorder: Dealing With Teen Substance Use
Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop

Current as of: March 1, 2023

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review:Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica MD - Family Medicine

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