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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.

Early intervention + coronavirus: What to do when your child’s speech delay services are interrupted

Worried about losing ground with a speech delay? Trust yourself, follow your child's lead, and keep a record.

parent washing a child's hands

If your germ-anxiety is heightened right now, I see you

My obsessive thoughts and internal battles are ones most people have never understood. Until now.

How to help kids adjust to *so* much screen time

When your preschooler has a busier Zoom schedule than you do, you might be a bit worried.

baby laying in a hospital bed

Her baby was diagnosed with COVID-19 and now this mama has a message for you

"We never thought it would happen to us because we were so careful," Barker tells Motherly, adding that she chose to share her story on social media because she doesn't want other families "to take even just an ounce of risk" when it comes to spreading the novel coronavirus.

The results are in from the largest study on kids + COVID-19 to date

These new findings back up data from an earlier study about COVID-19 and kids in China.

Brandi Gerstner and her team sitting beside breast pumps

This mama is building coronavirus ventilators from old breast pumps

Mom Brandi Gerstner (with fellow engineers) hacked her old pump for a new purpose.

ER nurse tying her hair cap

This viral post from an ER nurse about separating from her child is heartbreaking

"I feel punished for having to be the 'good guy.' I have to send my 3.5yo child away. I won't get to visit her. I won't get to hug her. I won't get to tuck her in at night. We have FaceTime, and that's it. For up to a month, or who knows how long...and many of my coworkers have had to do the same."

newborn feet

What you need to know about COVID-19 infant deaths

"This is absolutely heartbreaking," says Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont.

Parenting during a pandemic: WHO, UNICEF + The University of Oxford release a new resource for parents

They cover everything from how to talk to your kids about COVID-19 to how keep calm and manage stress.

woman using hand sanitizer

Poison control alert: Keep hand sanitizer away from kids

One small but important item parents may have overlooked amidst the chaos of coronavirus confinement this week? Baby and kid-proofing our new quarantined lives.

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