Kids

Sleep patterns can vary quite a bit from child to child, but there are warning signs to look for.

Learn what you can do for a child that still bed wets at age nine.

When a child backslides into bed wetting, you may need to sort out the motivation for her behavior.

Skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, and seborrhea are very common in young children. Find out what to do.

Find out what our expert has to say about vitamin supplementation for kids.

You can determine how severe an ankle injury appears to be by asking a few simple questions.

A child may have the intellectual ability to skip ahead in school, but his social aptitude may be lacking.

Find out how to choose the right medicine for a cold.

Learn how you can keep a developmentally-delayed child "mainstreamed" in her physical education class.

The mother of an overweight girl questions how to handle parties and holidays, when there is so much high calorie food around.

It's wiser to give a child the vaccine than to wait to see if he catches the chickenpox, which sometimes has complications.

Chickenpox can be spread to someone who hasn't had it, from 24 hours prior to the first appearance of the rash until the rash crusts over, which is a variable number of days.

It is easy to confuse chicken pox with insect bites, a reaction of the skin to something it came in contact with, or other causes of rash.

During the winter months, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and influenza (flu) are widespread among children, especially in the first two years of life.

The chickenpox vaccine is thought to be safe for healthy children.

You should see a doctor if a cut is very deep, if it won't stop bleeding after 10 minutes of direct pressure, or if the skin is really split apart.

Enlightened teachers who understand learning disabilities are the best insurance that a child with LD will be successful in high school.

Does distractibility in a child signal the need for evaluation?