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A Parent's Life

•	Secondhand Smoke -- What Parents Need to Know
•	Teaching Gratitude this Holiday Season -- And All Year Long
•	What Parents Should Know About Organic Foods
•	Salt and Kids -- What Parents Need To Know
•	Protecting Your Kids From Colds and Flu
•	Circumcision: What Parents Need To Know
•	To Keep Kids Healthy, Adults Need Immunizations, Too!
•	Spring Safely Into Fall
•	Helping Your Child Transition to Middle School
•	Give Your Kids a Safe Summer
•	How To Keep the Summer Bugs Away
•	Talking to Kids About the Birds and the Bees
•	Springtime Allergy Relief for Kids
•	Children and Sleep -- What Parents Need to Know
•	Vitamin D -- What Parents Need To Know
•	Guard Your Child Against Accidental Injuries
•	Immunizations Updates for 2012
•	Choosing a Preschool Program
•	Preventing Heart Disease: What Parents Need to Know
•	Children's Headaches -- What Parents Need to Know
•	Keeping Kids Safe - Without Scaring Them
•	Why Your Child Needs a Flu Shot
•	When Should a Child Get a Cell Phone?
•	'Helicopter Parenting' -- When Too Much Help Is No Help
•	Avoiding Heat-Related Illness
•	Smart Sun Protection for Kids
•	Do Kids Need Sports and Energy Drinks?
•	Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse
•	Car Safety Seats -- Changes to Make Now
•	Teens and Tanning -- What Parents Need To Know
•	2011 Immunization Schedule
•	Car-Seat Safety
•	'Body Art' and Your Teen
•	Parenting To Prevent Obesity
•	Guidelines for Treating Earaches in Children
•	Jaundice In Newborns: Common But Potentially Serious
•	Type 2 Diabetes in Children: A Growing Problem
•	Fighting Childhood Obesity
•	Prevent Accidental Poisonings!
•	All About Breastfeeding
•	Preventing Teen Pregnancy
•	Talk To Your Child About Tobacco
•	Preventing Child Abuse
•	Do Your Kids Have the Holiday 'Gimmes'?
•	Take Care of Your Child's Oral Health
•	Radon: What Do You Need to Know?
•	Parents, How Much Do You Know About Inhalants?
•	Taking a Bite Out of Baby-Tooth Decay
•	Is Your Child Getting Enough Sleep?
•	Watch Out for Rabies -- It Could Happen to You!
•	Promoting a Healthy Body Image
•	Vaccines: The Long Road to the 'Recommended' List
•	Don't Dismiss Dairy!
•	Monitoring Media, On-Screen and Online
•	Breastfeeding Success After You're Back at Work
•	Keep Your Child Safe Around Pets in the Home or Classroom
•	Could Your Child Have a Learning Disability?
•	Help Your Child 'Breathe Easy'
•	Managing Sibling Rivalry
•	Adding a Pet to the Family
•	Preparing for Your Daughter's First Period
•	Tricks of the Trade: What To Do if Your Child Won't Take Medicines
•	Talking to Children About Death
•	Surviving the Spring Sniffles
•	Tantrums -- Understanding, Preventing and Surviving Them
•	Make the Most of Your Child's Doctor Visit
•	Picking A Pediatrician
•	When Older Kids Have Tantrums
•	Teens -- Respecting Their Health Privacy
•	Nurturing A Child's Creativity
•	Choosing a Babysitter -- What Parents Need To Know
•	Protecting Your Kids' Hearing
•	Sending Your Child Off to College
•	How Safe Is Your School?
•	The Importance of Reading to Your Child
•	Kids' Snacks -- Resisting the Lure of Cartoon Characters
•	Prevent Drowning -- Four Keys To Protect Your Child
•	Children and Swimming Lessons--What Parents Should Know
•	Happy Trails: Safe, Healthy Travel With Kids
•	Protect Your Child's Sight
•	Cyberbullying
•	Ear Tubes -- What Parents Need to Know
•	Video Games -- What Parents Need To Know
•	New Preventive Health Guidelines for Children
•	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
•	Helping Your Child With Homework
•	Survival Guide for Kids' Colds -- Managing Without Medication
•	The Sexualization of Girls
•	Keeping Your Young Athlete Healthy and Happy
•	Autism -- Act Early To Make a Difference
•	Depression in Children
•	How To Praise Your Kids
•	Introducing Solid Foods: 9 Keys to Success
•	Same-Sex Parenting: Pediatric Experts Weigh In
•	The Importance of Play
•	Help Your Child Sleep Independently
•	Peanut Allergy: When Snacks Can Be Deadly
•	Say Goodbye to Separation Anxiety
•	Thumb-Sucking -- When and How To Stop It
•	Picking the Best and Safest Toys -- Read This Before You Shop
•	Drinking and Driving: Keep Your Teens Safe
•	Ensuring Happy Campers
•	Watch Out For Whooping Cough (aka Pertussis)
•	How To Talk To Your Kids About Drugs
•	RSV, Bronchiolitis And Colds
•	Financial Stress Affects Kids, Too
•	Keep Your Teen Driver Safe and Alive
•	HPV Vaccine -- What Parents Need To Know
•	Growing Pains
•	Talking to Children About Illness
•	Head Lice? No Need To Panic
•	Texting and Teens -- A Pediatrician (and Mom) Speaks Out
•	SIDS -- What Parents Need To Know

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