Harvard Commentaries 35320 Harvard Commentaries A Parent's Life • Guidelines for Treating Earaches in Children • HPV Vaccine -- Important Information for Parents • Prevent Accidental Poisonings! • Type 2 Diabetes in Children: A Growing Problem • The Importance of Reading to Your Child • Ensuring Happy Campers • Taking a Bite Out of Baby-Tooth Decay • Parents, How Much Do You Know About Inhalants? • Radon: What Do You Need to Know? • All About Breastfeeding • 'Body Art' and Your Teen • Watch Out for Rabies -- It Could Happen to You! • Is Your Child Getting Enough Sleep? • Keep Your Child Safe Around Pets in the Home or Classroom • Don't Dismiss Dairy! • Avoiding Heat-Related Illness • Watch Out For Whooping Cough (aka Pertussis) • RSV, Bronchiolitis And Colds • How To Talk To Your Kids About Drugs • Preventing Child Abuse • Take Care of Your Child's Oral Health • Fighting Childhood Obesity • Jaundice In Newborns: Common But Potentially Serious • Monitoring Media, On-Screen and Online • Do Your Kids Have the Holiday 'Gimmes'? • Promoting a Healthy Body Image • Preventing Teen Pregnancy • Why Your Child Needs a Flu Shot • How to Prevent the Most Common Cause of Choking in Kids • Prevent Drowning -- Four Keys To Protect Your Child • Surviving the Spring Sniffles • Picking the Best and Safest Toys -- Read This Before You Shop • Talking to Children About Illness • Could Your Child Have a Learning Disability? • Tricks of the Trade: What To Do if Your Child Won't Take Medicines • Parenting To Prevent Obesity • Happy Trails: Safe, Healthy Travel With Kids • Preparing for Your Daughter's First Period • Teens -- Respecting Their Health Privacy • The Importance of Play • Choosing a Babysitter -- What Parents Need To Know • Managing Sibling Rivalry • Texting and Teens -- A Pediatrician (and Mom) Speaks Out • Breastfeeding Success After You're Back at Work • Helping Your Child With Homework • Picking A Pediatrician • Drinking and Driving: Keep Your Teens Safe • Make the Most of Your Child's Doctor Visit • Vitamin D -- What Parents Need To Know • Tantrums -- Understanding, Preventing and Surviving Them • Financial Stress Affects Kids, Too • Adding a Pet to the Family • Kids' Snacks -- Resisting the Lure of Cartoon Characters • When Older Kids Have Tantrums • Nurturing A Child's Creativity • Talking to Children About Death • Sending Your Child Off to College • Teens and Tanning -- What Parents Need To Know • Keeping Your Young Athlete Healthy and Happy • Protecting Your Kids' Hearing • How To Prevent Flat Spots on Your Baby's Head • Sunscreens: New Rules For Parents • Acne -- What Parents Need to Know • New Advice About Giving Solid Foods to Infants • Talking to Children About Social Media • Immunization Updates for 2013 • Helping Your Child Cope with a Disaster • How Safe Is Your School? • Talk To Your Child About Tobacco • 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 • Guard Your Child Against Accidental Injuries • 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 • When Should a Child Get a Cell Phone? • 'Helicopter Parenting' -- When Too Much Help Is No Help • Smart Sun Protection for Kids • Do Kids Need Sports and Energy Drinks? • Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse • Car Safety Seats -- Changes to Make Now • Car-Seat Safety • Vaccines: The Long Road to the 'Recommended' List • Help Your Child 'Breathe Easy' • Children and Swimming Lessons--What Parents Should Know • Protect Your Child's Sight • Cyberbullying • Ear Tubes -- What Parents Need to Know • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder • The Sexualization of Girls • Video Games -- What Parents Need To Know • Depression in Children • Survival Guide for Kids' Colds -- Managing Without Medication • Autism -- Act Early To Make a Difference • How To Praise Your Kids • New Preventive Health Guidelines for Children • Help Your Child Sleep Independently • Say Goodbye to Separation Anxiety • Introducing Solid Foods: 9 Keys to Success • Peanut Allergy: When Snacks Can Be Deadly • Same-Sex Parenting: Pediatric Experts Weigh In • Thumb-Sucking -- When and How To Stop It • Growing Pains • Head Lice? 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