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Posted by: Laura Cook, PhD , Jenny Phan, PhD on Jun 04, 2025

Typically, imaginary friends appear in preschool and early childhood and most times come and go without concern. Here are a few guiding principles in embracing this fun expression of your child’s imagination.

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Toxic Stress: How the Body's Response Can Harm a Child's Development
Toxic stress that children suffer not only shapes their emotional lives as adults, but also affects their physical health and longevity.
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Breakfast on the Brain: Why It Matters

As a parent, prioritizing breakfast in your household can help set your child up for success.

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700 Children’s® features the most current pediatric health care information and research from our pediatric experts – physicians and specialists who have seen it all. Many of them are parents and bring a special understanding to what our patients and families experience. If you have a child – or care for a child – 700 Children’s was created especially for you.

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What to Expect at Your Child's Well-Child Appointment

Dec 21, 2016

Kids grow up so quickly and because your child is growing at a fast pace, it’s important to keep an eye on their wellness each year. By scheduling a yearly well-child check, you’re ensuring your child’s health is assessed by a pediatrician you can trust. Read More

Why Crawling is Important for Your Baby

Nov 14, 2016

Crawling provides many great experiences for your child and helps develop and strengthen other areas. If you haven’t noticed your child beginning to creep or crawl by nine months, it may be time to follow up with your pediatrician or a physical therapist. Read More

Should I Be Worried if My Child is In-Toeing?

Aug 19, 2016

In-toeing is a type of standing posture or gait pattern in which a child’s feet, and in some cases the entire leg, point in toward each other while the child is standing and/or walking. Read More

Exercise as Medicine: What's Your Child's Dose?

Jun 24, 2016

Have you ever thought of exercise as medicine? Daily moderate to vigorous exercise, a spectrum of sweating to breathlessness, is good for a child’s mind, and body. Read More

6 Signs Your Child May Have Bladder Dysfunction

Jun 22, 2016

Once your child has been successfully potty-trained – ‘taking care of business’ should get easier – but what if the accidents keep happening? Read More

How to Talk to Your Kids About Tragedy

Jun 14, 2016

News of natural disasters, mass shootings, bombs and politics is enough to frighten adults, but children may feel even more shaken. When tragedy struck at Sandy Hook, my kids were little – one was a toddler and the other two were still in preschool. Read More

Car Seat Conundrums – You Asked, We Answered

Jun 09, 2016

We asked for your car seat questions on Facebook and you delivered! Here are the answers to some of your questions. Does my really tall 7 year old need to sit in a booster? Laws vary from state to state, but here in Ohio a child must sit in a booster until they are 8 or 4’9.” So, Read More

Flat Feet: Why Kids Should Go Barefoot This Summer

May 25, 2016

A flexible, flat foot is considered a part of typical development until a child is 6-years-old. Most infants are born with a flexible, flat foot, and as they learn to walk, their medial plantar arch begins to develop. Read More