Health, care and safety

Parenting information on tween and teen health, care and safety, teen mental health, puberty ages and stages for boys and girls, vaccines and injuries

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Flying Alone

   
With planning, preteens can fly alone happily and safely
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Rejecting Safety Rules

   
Why kids ditch safety equipment when out of parents' sight
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Teeth Grinding

   
How to help grinders unclench
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Piercing

   
Make sure your child is ready for the responsibility of pierced ears
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Teens Skipping Breakfast

   
Grab-and-go foods like bagels may tempt breakfast skippers
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Post-nasal Drip

   
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Comfort Eating

   
Mindless comfort eating can lead to unhealthy weight gain in your preteen
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HPV Vaccine

   
How it will help prevent cervical cancer
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Brace Yourself

   
...for straight talk about kids and orthodontics
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Stay or Go? Whether to send your child to school

   
How to know when your child is too sick for school
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Beach Blanket Baby: Summer Safety

   
Your A to Z guide to sun, surf and sand
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Spot Treatment

   
A guide to dealing with pesky pubescent pimples
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Tooth On the Loose

   
A dad's guide to dental heroics
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Vaccine Update

   
What's rumour, what's real about immunizing your child
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The Get-It-Right Guide to Car Seats

   
Everything you need to know to keep your kids safe on the road
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Cleanup Time

   
Tired of being a "maven of the mess"? Here's how some clever Today's Parent readers get their kids to help tidy up
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Kids' Coughs Decoded

   
Use this primer to quickly identify and treat what's ailing your child
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Winter Skin Savers

   
Building snowmen and making angels can leave skin irritated, and dry indoor air makes it worse. Here's our guide to soothe winter skin
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Fighting Foods

   
What kids should (and shouldn't) eat when they're sick
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Heads Up: Concussions

   
What you need to know about children and concussions
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Body Odour

   
Subtle ways to help your preteen
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Mini Messengers

   
How young is too young for kids to instant-message?
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Should We Ban Marketing To Children?

   
We asked two experts to give us the pros and cons
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Light Up Halloween

   
Make sure kids out trick-or-treating stay seen - and safe
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On Pens And Needles: Dealing With Diabetes

   
At an age when freedom beckons, a diabetes diagnosis is sure to tie a kid down. Or will it?
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Lousy Luck: Reader Tips on Eliminating Lice

   
Bugged by an infestation of lice? Here’s how some Today’s Parent readers obliterated the pesky insects
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Get on Board: Skateboarding

   
Learn the tricks and terms of your kids’ favourite sport
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Watch Your Back: Finding the Perfect Backpack

   
Help your kids find the perfect backpack
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A Cut Above: Healing Children's Wounds

   
Exposing the myths and facts about healing your child’s wounds
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Beat The Heat

   
No-sweat tips for a healthy summer

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