Children's Health

Learn about children's health

Children grow and change so quickly. Our Growth and Development topics can tell you what to expect at each stage of childhood. And our health topics can help you care for them when they're sick.

You can find information you need to keep your child healthy and thriving in topics such as:

Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years.
Healthy Eating for Children.
Asthma in Children.
Immunizations.
Depression in Children and Teens.

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Abdominal Pain, Age 11 and Younger
Abuse: Signs of Abuse-Related Injuries
Abusive Head Trauma
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
ADHD and Hyperactivity
ADHD: Impulsivity and Inattention
ADHD: Tests for Other Disorders
Adolescent Sensory and Motor Development
Aggression in Young Children
Amblyopia
Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Panel (AJGP)
Asthma Action Plan: Red Zone
Asthma in Children
Asthma in Children: Knowing How Bad an Attack Is
Asthma Zones
Asthma: Educating Yourself and Your Child
Asthma: How to Overcome Treatment Obstacles
Asthma: Overuse of Quick-Relief Medicines
Asthma: Peak Expiratory Flow and Personal Best
Asthma's Impact on Your Child's Life
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Autism and Vaccines
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Behavioral Training and Management
Babies and Older Adults Have an Increased Risk of Cold Injury
Back Pain in Children and Teenagers
Basic Dental Care
Basic Dental Care From Birth to 16 Years
Bed-Wetting in Children
Behavior Rating Scales for ADHD
Behavior Therapy for ADHD
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
Bipolar Disorder in Children: Other Health Problems That May Occur
Bipolar Disorder in Children: School Issues
Biting
Breath-Holding Spells
Breath-Holding Spells: Keeping a Record
Bronchiolitis
Brushing and Flossing a Child's Teeth
Bullying
Bullying: Building a Child's Self-Esteem
Bullying: How to Help Your Child Who Bullies
Cerebral Palsy
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Chickenpox: Controlling the Itch
Chickenpox: Preventing Skin Infections
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Abuse: Emotional Abuse by Parents
Child Car Seats
Child Safety: Air Pollution
Child Safety: Bicycles and Tricycles
Child Safety: Drowning Prevention in Pools and Hot Tubs
Child Safety: Guns and Firearms
Child Safety: Pets
Child Safety: Preventing Burns
Child Safety: Preventing Child Abduction
Child Safety: Preventing Drowning
Child Safety: Preventing Falls
Child Safety: Streets and Motor Vehicles
Child Safety: Strollers and Shopping Carts
Child Safety: Washing Toys to Prevent Germs
Child Who Is Overweight: Medical Evaluation
Childhood Fears and Exposure to Violence
Childhood Immunization Record
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Ages 0 to 6 Years
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Ages 7 to 18 Years
Children's Growth Chart
Choking Rescue Procedure: Heimlich Maneuver
Cholesterol in Children and Teens
Choosing a Counselor or Therapist for Your Child
Choosing Child Care
Cleaning Your Young Child's Natural (Uncircumcised) Penis
Cleft Lip
Cleft Palate
Cognitive Development, Ages 6 to 10 Years
Colds
Comparing Symptoms of Normal Moodiness With Depression in Children
Complications of Ear Infections
Conditions With Symptoms Similar to Depression in Children and Teens
Congenital Heart Disease in Children
Congenital Heart Disease: Caring for Your Child
Congenital Hydrocephalus
Congenital Syphilis
Constipation, Age 11 and Younger
Corporal Punishment
Coughs, Age 11 and Younger
COVID-19 Vaccine for Children
COVID-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Crib Safety
Croup
Crying Child and Possible Abuse
Crying Child Who Is Not Acting Normally
Cystic Fibrosis
Daytime Accidental Wetting (Diurnal Enuresis)
Dealing With Emergencies
Dengue Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Dental Sealants
Depression in Children and Teens
Depression Screening
Depression Screening in Children and Teens
Diabetes in Children: Food Issues at School
Diabetes: High or Low Blood Sugar in Young Children
Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Domestic Violence
Down Syndrome, Ages 1 to 5
Down Syndrome, Ages 5 to 13
Down Syndrome: Helping Your Child Avoid Social Problems
DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Dyslexia
Ear Infections
Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Ear Tube Surgery
Ebola Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)
Educational Rights for Children With Disabilities
Effective Parenting: Discipline
Egocentric and Magical Thinking
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 11 to 14 Years
Emotional and Social Development, Ages 6 to 10 Years
Emotional Development, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Encouraging Language Development in Your Preschooler
Energy and Sports Drinks
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)
Epilepsy: Atonic Seizures
Epilepsy: Tonic Seizures
Establishing Limits With Your School-Age Child
Family Therapy for Depression in Children
FDA Advisories for Antidepressants
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Fever or Chills, Age 11 and Younger
Fever or Chills, Age 12 and Older
Fever Seizures
Fever Temperatures: Accuracy and Comparison
Fifth Disease
Fluoride During Childhood
Gastroesophageal Reflux in Babies and Children
Getting Enough Calcium and Vitamin D
Goniotomy for Childhood Glaucoma
Grief: Helping Children Understand
Growing Pains
Growth and Development Milestones
Growth and Development, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Growth and Development, Ages 6 to 10 Years
Growth Modification for Malocclusion
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years
Health Screening: Finding Health Problems Early
Healthy Attitudes Toward Food and Exercise
Healthy Eating for Children
Healthy Eating in Children: Problems Caused by Poor Nutrition
Healthy Eating in Children: Things That Influence Food Choices
Heat Rash
Help Your School-Age Child Develop Social Skills
Helping Adolescents Develop More Mature Ways of Thinking
Helping Children During Immunizations
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 Manage Their Emotional Reactions
Helping Your Child Recover After a Traumatic Event
Helping Your Child Transition Into Middle School or Junior High
Helping Your Child Who Is Overweight
Helping Your School-Age Child Learn About the Body
High Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
Hip Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Hip Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Hirschsprung Disease
HIV Treatment in Children
Home Ear Examination
How ADHD Affects Your Child
How Reading Helps Language Development
HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Hypospadias
Immunization Schedules
Immunizations: Questions Parents Ask
Impetigo
Importance of Immunizations
Indoor Tanning: Is It Safe?
Intussusception
Iron Toxicity
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Pain Management
Kawasaki Disease
Klinefelter Syndrome
Language Development Between 12 and 24 Months of Age
Language Development From Age 6 to 10 Years
Lead Poisoning
Learning Disabilities
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Little Leaguer's Elbow (Medial Apophysitis)
Liver Transplant in Children
Malocclusion and Orthodontics
Measles (Rubeola)
Media and Your Child: Making Choices
Medical Checkups for Adolescents
Menarche
Meningitis
Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Meningococcal B Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Migraine Headaches in Children
Milestones for 10-Year-Olds
Milestones for 4-Year-Olds
Milestones for 5-Year-Olds
Milestones for 6-Year-Olds
Milestones for 7-Year-Olds
Milestones for 8-Year-Olds
Milestones for 9-Year-Olds
Milestones for Ages 11 to 14
MMR Vaccine (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella): What You Need to Know
MMRV Vaccine (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella): What You Need to Know
Moisture Alarms for Bed-Wetting
Molluscum Contagiosum
Mood Disorders in Children
Motivational Therapy for Bed-Wetting
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Mumps
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP)
Nausea and Vomiting, Age 11 and Younger
Nephrotic Syndrome
Nightmares and Other Sleep Problems in Children
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children
Nonverbal Learning Disorder
Nursemaid's Elbow
Orchiopexy for Undescended Testicle
Orthopedic Surgery for Cerebral Palsy
Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
Peanut Allergy
Pediatric Preparation for Medical Tests
Physical Activity for Children and Teens
Physical Development, Ages 6 to 10 Years
Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
Pityriasis Alba
Pityriasis Rosea
Playground Safety
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Polio Vaccine: What You Need to Know
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
Preventing Tooth Decay in Young Children
Protecting Your Child From Infections
Protecting Your Child From Online Strangers
Protecting Your Skin From the Sun
Puberty Issues
Quick Tips: Helping Children Take Medicine
Quick Tips: Safely Giving Over-the-Counter Medicines to Children
Rash, Age 11 and Younger
Recognizing and Developing Your Children's Special Talents
Rectal Problems Caused by Abuse
Regular Checkup for a Child
Respiratory Problems, Age 11 and Younger
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection
Reye Syndrome
Roseola
Rotavirus
Rotavirus Vaccine: What You Need to Know
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Safety Plan: Preparing to Leave a Violent Relationship
Scoliosis in Children and Teens
Scrapes
Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Screening for Hearing Problems
Screenings for Health-Related Social Needs
Sensory and Motor Development Ages 6 to 10 Years
Sensory Processing Disorder
Sexual Abuse: Signs and Symptoms
Sickle Cell Disease: Splenic Sequestration
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Snack Ideas for Preschoolers
Special Diets for Epilepsy
Speech and Language Delays: Common Misconceptions
Speech and Language Development
Speech and Language Development: Signs of Possible Problems
Speech and Language Milestones, Ages 3 to 5 Years
Spina Bifida
Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
Sponge Bath for a Child's Fever
Starting Antidepressants: How to Care for Your Child
Starting Medicines for ADHD: How to Care for Your Child
Staying Aware of What Your Child Is Doing Online
Staying Healthy Around Animals
Staying Safe: After You Leave a Violent Relationship
Staying Safe: If You Are in a Violent Relationship
Steroid Medicine for Asthma: Myths and Facts
Strabismus
Stress in Children and Teens
Stuttering
Symptoms of Depression in Children
Talking to Your Child About Appropriate Online Behavior
Tay-Sachs Disease
Td (Tetanus, Diphtheria) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Teaching Your Young Child About Consent
Temper Tantrums
Temper Tantrums: Keeping a Record
Tension Headaches in Children
Thinking About Child Safety
Thumb-Sucking
Thumb-Sucking Versus Pacifier Use
Thumb-Sucking: Helping Your Child Stop
Tips for Parents of Children With Epilepsy
Toilet Training
Toilet Training: Knowing When Your Child Is Ready
Tongue-Tie
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring
Tonsillitis
Tooth Development in Children
Tourette Syndrome (TS)
Tourette's Disorder: Tic Triggers
Trabeculotomy for Childhood Glaucoma
Treating Asthma in Babies and Younger Children
Treatment for ACL Injuries in Children and Teens
Treatment Plan Record for a Child With ADHD
Type 1 Diabetes in Children
Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Safe Exercise
Type 1 Diabetes: Your Child's Role in Care
Type 2 Diabetes in Children
Type 2 Diabetes: Screening for Children
Umbilical Hernia in Children
Understanding How Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Can Affect Children
Unproven Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Urinary Obstruction in Children
Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Using Vaporizers and Humidifiers
Vaccine Information Statements
Vaccine Safety
Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Vegan Diet
Vegetarian Diets
Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
Violent Behavior in Children and Teens
Vision Screening and Eye Exams for Children and Teens
Vital Signs in Children
Warning Signs of Suicide in Children and Teens
Well-Child Visits
Your Child and the Dentist
Your Child's First Vaccines: What You Need to Know
Your Child's Health: Using the Emergency Room Wisely

Body Temperature
Cardiac Catheterization in Children
Ear Examination
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Test
Galactosemia Test
Lead (Pb) Test
Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Test
Stool Analysis
Sweat Test
Tympanocentesis for Ear Infections
Tympanometry

ADHD: Helping Your Child Get the Most From School
ADHD: Helping Your Child Get Things Done
Allergies in Children: Giving an Epinephrine Shot to a Child
Amblyopia: Wearing an Eye Patch
Asthma: Taking Charge of Your Asthma
Breathing Problems: Helping a Child Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler and Mask Spacer
Cystic Fibrosis: Helping Your Child Cough Up Mucus
Diabetes in Children: Checking Blood Sugar in a Child
Diabetes in Children: Giving Insulin Shots to a Child
Diabetes in Children: Giving Single-Dose Insulin Shots to a Child
Diabetes in Children: Preparing a Care Plan for School
Diabetes in Children: Preventing High Blood Sugar
Diabetes in Children: Treating Low Blood Sugar
Fitness: Teaching Your Child to Stay Active
Grief: Helping Children With Grief
Healthy Eating: Helping Your Child Learn Healthy Eating Habits
Helping Your Child Build Self-Esteem
Preventing Choking in Small Children
Preventing Poisoning in Young Children
Sibling Rivalry: Reducing Conflict and Jealousy
Sleep: Helping Your Children—and Yourself—Sleep Well
Stress Management: Helping Your Child With Stress

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Current as of: October 24, 2023

Author: Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff

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