Fruit Juice and Your Child's Diet
AAP Daily Juice Recommendations Age Recommendation Younger than 6 months Do not give fruit juice to infants younger than...
AAP Daily Juice Recommendations Age Recommendation Younger than 6 months Do not give fruit juice to infants younger than...
A food allergy happens when the body reacts against harmless proteins found in foods. The reaction usually happens shortly after a food is eaten. Food allergy reactions can vary from mild to...
Organic foods are grown without artificial pesticides, fertilizers, or herbicides. Organic meat, eggs, and dairy products are obtained from animals that are fed natural feed and not given...
How Much Fiber Do Children Need? There are different fiber recommendations for children based on energy needs, age, or weight. Eat 5. A simple way to make sure your children...
Get organised The same principle used in aircraft emergencies really helps here: put your own oxygen mask on before attempting to help others. In other words, before you talk to your children about...
Keep Vaccinations Up-to-Date Prior to school starting make sure your children are up-to-date on their vaccinations and health physicals. Check to see if your child needs a health physical this year...
Why is it hard for parents to identify mental illness in children? It's typically up to the adults in a child's life to identify whether the child has a mental health concern. Unfortunately,...
The exact cause of most mental illnesses is not known, but research suggests that a combination of factors, including heredity, biology, psychological trauma and environmental stress, may be involved. ...
Children's symptoms vary depending on the type of mental illness, but some of the general symptoms include: Changes in school performance, such as poor grades despite good efforts ...
Children can suffer from the following mental illnesses: Anxiety disorders: Children with anxiety disorders respond to certain things or situations with fear and dread, as well as...
If you've ever been sick to your stomach while riding in a car, train, airplane, or boat, you know exactly what motion sickness feels like. It's no fun. To understand motion sickness, it helps...
As all parents of toddlers quickly learn, teaching them healthy eating habits is an ongoing lesson. Between the challenges of tackling fussy eating and their discovery of independent thought (and the word...