Health & Parenting Medical Reference

When your child is sick with a cold or the flu, you want them to feel better, but you also want to make sure no one else gets sick. Here’s how to keep germs contained.

Covering coughs and sneezes helps slow the spread of germs. But are your kids doing it the right way? Show them how with these easy steps.

Crowded classrooms, cafeterias, and gyms can spark school-wide illness. Show your kids how to protect themselves from a cold or the flu and stop viruses from spreading.

Teach your kids these five easy steps to keep their hands clean and their bodies healthy.

You can’t avoid cold and flu season, but there are steps you can take now to lower your child’s chances of getting sick. Here’s what you need to know.

Teaching your child how to ward off germs helps keep them healthy. Here’s what you need to know about handwashing, coughs and sneezes, and other things.

Some teenagers are using cough medicine to get high. Learn how it happens, and what you can do about it if your teen is doing it.

Find out what a family therapist does and how family therapy can help you and your family communicate better and work through conflicts.

Does your child get a lot of ear infections? Here's what to ask your doctor about ear tubes, the common fix.

Child milestones are a great tool for you and your doctor to check on your child’s development. Learn what they are, why their important, and how to stay calm about them.

Your 12-year-old daughter: Buckle up for big changes in the last of the tween years.

What’s going on inside your 11-year-old? More physical and emotional changes than you may realize.

From puberty to peer pressure and everything in-between. What to expect from your son at age 12.

At age 6, your child should hit certain development milestones. Look for these as a guide to your child’s development.

At age 8, your child will hit certain development milestones. Find out what milestones your child should be hitting and what you can do to help.

What are some developmental milestones your 1 year old should have hit?

What are some developmental milestones your child should have reached by 18 months?

Welcome to the teen years! Here’s what you can expect your daughter to experience at 13.

What are some developmental milestones your 2-year-old child should have hit?

13 marks the start of the teen years. Here are all the changes your son will go through this year.

Peers and puberty: Your 11-year-old girl is growing up.

How’s your boy? A quick look at what to expect when your son is 10.

Age 10 is a challenging year in the life of your daughter. Know the milestones to watch for.

There are certain milestones your child will most likely hit at age 9. Find out what to watch for and how to help.

By age 7, your child should reach certain development milestones. Here are the milestones to watch for at age 7.