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Making Healthy Decisions About Sex
Category: safety_and_prevention
Before you decide to have sex or if you are already having sex, you need to know how to stay healthy. Even if you think you know everything you need to know about sex, take a few minutes and read on. Your doctor wants to make sure you know the facts.
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Masks or Cloth Face Coverings for Children During COVID-19
Category: safety_and_prevention
To protect ourselves and others from COVID-19, the CDC recommends wearing masks out in public. But what about children? Read on for answers to some frequently asked questions about masks or cloth face coverings and children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Medicine and the Media: How to Make Sense of the Messages
Category: newborns_infants_and_toddlers
Your child is sick or hurt and the first thought on your mind is, “How can I make my child better?” That's natural. No parent wants his or her child to suffer. So how do you decide what medicines to give or treatments to try?
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Minor Head Injuries in Children
Category: newborns_infants_and_toddlers
Almost all children bump their heads every now and then. While these injuries can be upsetting, most head injuries are minor and do not cause serious problems. In very rare cases, problems can occur after a minor bump on the head. This publication was written by the American Academy of Pediatrics to
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Monkeypox: What You Need to Know
Category: safety_and_prevention
In the rare event that an adult in your household develops monkeypox, share this information with your pediatrician and discuss what you can do to protect your child from infection. Here is information from the American Academy of Pediatrics about monkeypox.
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Nursemaid's Elbow
Category: safety_and_prevention
A pulled elbow (also known as nursemaid’s elbow) is a common, painful injury generally among children under four years old but occasionally older. It occurs when the outer part of the elbow becomes dislocated or slips out of its joint.
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Parenting in a Pandemic: Tips to Keep the Calm at Home
Category: safety_and_prevention
Calmly teaching your child good behavior can become more difficult, though no less important, during stressful times. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers these tips for families facing long periods of time isolated at home during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Pets, Babies, and Young Children
Category: safety_and_prevention
Pets are found in millions of American homes. If you don't already own a pet, at some point your child may ask for one. If you already own a pet, your child may want another one. So how do you decide?
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Playground Safety
Category: safety_and_prevention
Each year, about 200,000 children get hurt on playground equipment with injuries serious enough to need treatment in the emergency department. About 15 children die each year from playground injuries. While many of these injuries happen on home equipment, most occur at school and public playgrounds.
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Pool Safety for Children
Category: safety_and_prevention
A swimming pool can be very dangerous for children. If possible, do not put a swimming pool in your yard until your children are older than 5 years. Help protect your children from drowning by doing the following:
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Prescription Medicines and Your Child
Category: safety_and_prevention
Many parents have questions about their children's prescription medicines. Labels can be hard to read and understand. But it's important to give medicines the right way for your child's health and safety.
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Protect Your Child From Poison
Category: newborns_infants_and_toddlers
Children can get very sick if they come in contact with medicines, household products, pesticides, chemicals, or cosmetics. This can happen at any age and can cause serious reactions. However, most children who come in contact with these things are not permanently hurt if they are treated right away.
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Protect Your Child…Prevent Poisoning
Category: newborns_infants_and_toddlers
Young children may put anything in their mouths. This is part of learning. Many household products can be poisonous if swallowed, if in contact with the skin or eyes, or if inhaled.
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Protect Your Home Against Fire…Planning Saves Lives
Category: safety_and_prevention
Tips and ideas for fire protection.
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Pulling the Plug on TV Violence
Category: safety_and_prevention
TV violence needs to be taken seriously. TV violence can, and does, lead to real-life violence. You can reduce your child's exposure to TV violence.
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Raw Milk: What You Need to Know
Category: safety_and_prevention
Raw milk is milk that comes straight from a cow, sheep, or goat. Raw milk is not pasteurized (heated to kill germs) or homogenized (processed to keep the cream from separating from the milk).
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