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4 Tips for Helping a Child with a Cancer Diagnosis
If you know a child with a cancer diagnosis, it can be difficult to understand how to support them and their family. Every child is different - learning and listening can help you be the most effective supporter during a difficult time.
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How Open Conversations With Kids Promote Healthy Relationships
It’s important to connect with your child during times of transition to promote healthy body image, boundaries and relationships. Here’s how you can have meaningful connections and conversations with your child.
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4 Things Parents Should Know About Weighted Blankets
Weighted blankets may be showing up on your social media feed as the “next best thing.” However, there are some things you should know before trying a weighted blanket for someone in your family.
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Give Back (to Yourself): 6 Reasons Why It's Good for You to Volunteer
The power of volunteering has been studied for decades. You may already know how great it is for your mental health, but did you know there’s a growing body of research that volunteering is great for your physical health as well?
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Digital Stalking in Relationships: How Adults Can Support Teens
Compared with 2019, the average time US teens spent on social media apps almost doubled in 2020, across all major platforms. Teens find that their “real” and digital lives are merged, including romantic relationships.
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Give Them Words to Succeed
Did you know that the average kindergarten student has a vocabulary between 2100-2200 words? This is important because a child’s vocabulary is the foundation for communication, and it correlates with academic success.
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Necrotizing Enterocolitis: What You Need to Know
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a disease of the intestines that most commonly affects premature babies. It is characterized by excessive inflammation of the intestines that can lead to intestinal damage and death.
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What You Need to Know About Heat Rash
As outdoor temperatures climb, children and adults may break out in rashes. These skin conditions often get lumped into the catchphrase “heat rash,” but heat is usually an indirect or unrelated factor.
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How Compounding Trauma Affects Youth
Young people are experiencing trauma in different ways, from peer to peer violence and pressures to witnessing ongoing community violence and racial injustice.
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Children with Burns: How Virtual Reality Can Help Reduce Pain
If you’ve ever heard of virtual reality (VR), you may wonder what else it can be used for besides video games. In the case of children with burn injuries, a team of researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital recently discovered that it has positive effects by reducing pain.