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Don’t Skip the Flu Shot: Soothe Your Child with These Distraction Techniques
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Don’t Skip the Flu Shot: Soothe Your Child with These Distraction Techniques

No parent likes seeing their child cry during a shot, but vaccines are essential for keeping kids healthy. Discover simple, age-appropriate strategies to comfort your child during vaccines and learn why staying current on flu and COVID-19 vaccines matters.

Body Positivity: An Important Message for Girls, AND Boys
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Body Positivity: An Important Message for Girls, AND Boys

As social media continues to play a major role in our society, talking to your child about body positivity is more important than ever - and it’s not just a topic for girls. Boys struggle with body image too.

Why Should You Use a Spacer with a Pediatric Inhaler?
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Why Should You Use a Spacer with a Pediatric Inhaler?

A spacer resembles a cylindrical tube creates “space” between your child’s mouth and the medicine. This space helps the medicine break into smaller droplets which can move easier and deeper into the lungs and therefore works very well to help your child breathe better.

Should My Baby Get a Flu Shot?
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Should My Baby Get a Flu Shot?

Flu season is here and flu vaccines are more readily available than ever before. You can obtain a flu shot at the grocery store, every corner drug store, community centers and certainly at your pediatrician’s office.

Dear NICU Mom: You Are Finally Going Home
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Dear NICU Mom: You Are Finally Going Home

First published November 2013 Updated October 2025 I am a NICU mom. For 175 days, I was a NICU mom. I watched my daughter grow and thrive inside the walls of Nationwide Children’s Hospital. I rode the NICU rollercoaster, with all of its ups and downs, and it was a tumultuous, bumpy ride.

Urology Radiology Assessment Tools: Creating a Plan for Your Child's Care
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Urology Radiology Assessment Tools: Creating a Plan for Your Child's Care

First published August 2023 Updated September 2025 The urinary system is made up of kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. In general terms, the kidney filters out waste and extra fluid from the body. The ureters are the drainage tubes that move urine from the kidney to the bladder.

3 Tips for Managing Chronic Pain
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3 Tips for Managing Chronic Pain

When bellyaches or other pain won’t go away, learn gentle, practical steps—sleep, movement, relaxation, and coping skills—to help your child live fully despite chronic pain.

2025/26 Respiratory Vaccine FAQs for Parents
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2025/26 Respiratory Vaccine FAQs for Parents

Flu, COVID-19, and RSV can hit kids hard—but vaccines and antibody shots offer powerful protection. Get answers to parents’ most common questions about the 2025/26 respiratory season and learn how to keep your family healthy.

Remote Learning: 5 Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Posture
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Remote Learning: 5 Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Posture

Spending long hours on a computer for virtual school can strain kids’ posture and muscles. Discover 5 easy strategies—from desk setup to movement breaks—that help protect your child’s body and build healthy habits for the future.

Kindergarten Readiness and Changing Expectations
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Kindergarten Readiness and Changing Expectations

Today’s kindergarten is more rigorous than ever—focusing on reading, writing, and math from day one. Learn what the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment measures, why expectations have shifted, and how parents, schools, and communities across Ohio are working together to help kids start strong.

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