Childrens Health and Parenting - Child

As kids grow and change, so, too, do their physical and emotional needs. Here's a look at children's health by the numbers.

Here are the essentials to consider when deciding if your little one should be vaccinated.

Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day for your family, but lunch is important too, not to mention snacks. Here are essential nutrition tips from a top expert.

Mornings are hectic. This checklist has quick and easy ideas you can start incorporating into your routine to day.

For students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can present a host of unique challenges and opportunities.

A national study suggests that kids with ADHD have double the chance of being overweight. Find out why.

Learn important strategies to help your child flourish in the classroom and beyond.

Living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can be a challenge, but these tips can make it easier.

Keeping cool on hot summer days isn't only a matter a comfort—it's vital for good health and even survival.

While some flu treatments may help your little one feel better, others could be downright dangerous. Here s important advice from a pediatrics expert.

While some disobedience is a normal part of a child's development, overly troubling behavior is not. Watch out for these signs.

Almond butter. Sweet potatoes. Avocados. Jicama. Keeping foods like these on hand will help your child look at healthy eating as less of a chore and more of a choice.

Recent tests of arsenic levels in some popular apple juice brands have many parents restricting their kids' consumption or even banning this staple entirely from their homes. Overreaction or justified behavior?

Success in the classroom starts at home. Here's how to ensure your child is physically and emotionally prepared to take on the school day.

Up to10 percent of children under 18 suffer from migraines, but many go undiagnosed. Here are the migraine symptoms children most often experience.

Sharing doesn't come easy to kids but some simple tactics can help make it bearable, and even fun, for your little one.

Here are recommendations that will keep your child's brown bag from spoiling, and possibly making her sick.

Violent video games have been blamed for school shootings, increases in bullying, and violence towards women. What do the experts have to say?

Here are tips for working through grief in a healthy way when it involves an entire community.

Researchers have found a link between musical training in childhood and mental acuity in old age. Here's how to add music to your family's life.

Strong parenting and emotional well-being are closely connected. Dr. Gerald Newmark, author of the book "How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children," offers his top child-rearing strategies.

New research reveals possible reasons why some folks sweat the small stuff and others go with the flow.

Everyone copes with loss in his or her own way. If you've lost a child, you can find a multitude of organizations, books, blogs, and support groups to help you. Behind them all, you'll find parents who have also suffered the same loss.

If you're living with a sleepwalker, here's what you should know before your child takes his next nighttime stroll.

You've heard they do. You've heard they don't. So, what are the experts saying about the real risk?

Giving a little bit of your self can make an enormous difference in the life of a sick child. Here are some ideas to get you started.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled a new icon that it hopes will make choosing nutritious foods easier for Americans.

Having children is an exciting, rewarding experience for most parents. For women suffering from depression, however, parenting is especially difficult and untreated depression can have long-lasting effects on their children.

When a parent makes her own child ill in order to receive sympathy and attention from health-care professionals, it is one of the most harmful forms of child abuse.

Some parents are rightfully concerned about the consequences of kids carrying too heavy backpacks. Here's what you can do.