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Children’s Health

Protecting your child’s health means looking after their physical, mental and social well-being. Get the answers you need with our expert-backed resources.

child with rainbow denim top

Dear son: Wear your rainbow shirt with pride

I want to encourage my son to express pride and allyship, but I also want to shield him from everything else that may come with making a statement in our small town.

What the family of an 8-year-old COVID-19 victim wants you to know

"Everyone associates it with old people, as they think they're the only ones who are going to get it, but that's not true," Jennifer Morales told FOX 8. "My sister got it."

mom holding child at the pediatrician

Childhood vaccinations are dropping during the pandemic

"We want to reassure all our families that pediatricians have innovated ways to make visits even safer."

Zoom fatigue is real and our kids are feeling it

Educational screen time and virtual playdates are burning kids out—so if you need to turn the computer and let your kids disconnect today, don't feel bad, mama.

child and her stuffed animal looking out window

How to help kids be resilient through the pandemic

The mental health techniques developed by disaster response experts can help parents right now.

Dr. Fauci urges caution around re-opening schools too quickly

"We really better be very careful, particularly when it comes to children, because the more and more we learn, we're seeing things about what this virus can do that we didn't see from the studies in China or in Europe," says Fauci.

little boy jumping on the bed

How to set limits during quarantine

The parent-child connection is critical, but there also needs to be rules.

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