5 Tips for Talking to Your Children About COVID-19
Schools are closing, family vacations are being postponed and sports games are being canceled. While this viral pandemic may feel overwhelming as an adult, imagine...
Category : Babies, Children & Teens
Teen Depression Rates Are Rising Faster for Girls
We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis—and girls are at its epicenter. Since 2010, depression, self-harm and suicide rates have increased among...
Black Kids and Mental Health: Death By Suicide
Teen suicide rates among black youth are increasing. In 2016 and again in 2018, national data revealed that among children age 5-11, black children had...
Black Teens Experience Daily Racial Discrimination
Black teenagers experience daily racial discrimination — most often online—that can lead to negative mental health effects, a study finds. The study in the Journal...
How to Talk to Parents About HPV Vaccines
What if scientists created a vaccine to prevent cancer but the public largely ignored it? Sadly, that’s where we are with the human papillomavirus, or...
7 Questions to Ask Before a Playdate
As children make new friends during the school year, many may also receive playdate invitations—and sometimes it’s between families who don’t know each other. Parents...
Are E-Cigarettes Putting Our Kids at Risk?
The media has been flooded with stories of teens and young adults becoming ill due to using flavored e-cigarettes. But nobody is talking about the...
What Should Your Child Drink?
Parents confused about what exactly their young children should be drinking just got help from several large health organizations, which have issued a common set...
We Need to Improve Care for Children With Sickle Cell Disease
Despite efforts to improve care for children with sickle cell disease, the nation falls short As the lead doctor of a team researching the quality...
8 Health Topics to Discuss With Your College-Bound Child
Cover these key areas to help your college-bound teen take charge of their own health care It’s your worst parental nightmare: Your child needs urgent...