Health

The traditional image of the post-school hour is children skipping home to enjoy a glass of cold milk and some fresh-from-the-oven cookies. The reality is, most of us moms spend our days working at a job, running errands, or volunteering at our kids’ schools. Here are some quick snacks you can try…

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Despite the best preemptive care, many physically disabled children often require, at least, one invasive surgery. Here are some tips to make it easier…

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Remember the Mary Poppins movie? She said all it takes is a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. How I wish it was that easy! Here are a few tips that may help get medicine down a reluctant child…

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It can be difficult to get your child to engage in good dental habits. They may not be eager to do something that takes a set amount of their time every day, so it is important to help them to establish good dental habits as soon as you can. Here are some tips that may prove to be useful in your household for when you are trying to get your children to maintain their dental hygiene.

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You never know when the unexpected might happen, and with kids it usually does! Does your family have a first aid kit? If not, you can either buy a home kit or take a little time to put one together. Here are some items you will need:

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Childhood obesity rates here in the U.S. are skyrocketing. Many of the children that become overweight at a young age will develop health issue throughout their lives. How can we help overcome this and try make sure your child grows up healthy? Here are a some ideas to try…

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Summer. The season of fun-filled days spent outdoors at the beach, pool, backyard and parks. While the weather is warm and the kids want to spend every waking moment out of the house, make sure that as a parent you are ready to take care of any summertime "emergency" that can happen without a moment's notice.

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Asthma attacks are stressful. They start innocently enough with a slight wheeze or a little cough. They are also frightening, especially for children. As parent or caregiver to an asthmatic, all you want is to make everything better. But how? Read more…

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There really is no single test to diagnose ADHD. The first step in is to have an ACTeRS test completed at school by both the teacher and the nurse. This is a story about a young boy and a mother who discovered her son had ADHD… read more

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The FDA has put out an alert for trainted raw milk solf by Lebanon County Dairy. Anyone who has purchased raw milk from Green Acres Jersey Farm in Lebanon County any time after May 8 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria contamination.

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