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Battling Through Sickness: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. August 4th, 2025| Teen Perspective, Teens





Right now, I'm one week into football practices and dealing with a major cold at the same time.  (When I say major cold, I'm not exaggerating. This might be the worst cold I've ever had.) This combination, while not tragic, is still

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Entertaining Fitness for Teens

by Jane Wangersky May 13th, 2024| Entertainment, Teens





Teens -- and adults -- first thoughts on fitness and entertainment may be that the two are mutually exclusive. Unless, maybe, you listen to music while running . . . no, wait, that's not safe. But there are plenty of things

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3 Social Influences for Teen Health

by Jane Wangersky February 28th, 2022| Social, Teens
Getting a teen to live a healthy lifestyle is one more of those things that take a village. It takes more than just parents, anyway -- though your example is a strong influence, your teen is likely too intent on becoming an independent person to let that show. (That’s why
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6 Ways to Communicate with Teens About Health

by Jane Wangersky February 12th, 2016| Communication, Teens
Getting through to your teen about healthy living takes some work. Teens usually hate to be talked at -- and they’re quick to let you see that -- and they may have a feeling that health issues are something that happen to other people, not them. But that doesn’t mean
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Entertainment’s Impact on Teen Smoking

by Jane Wangersky July 17th, 2015| Entertainment, Teens
Though only 8% of teens in the U.S. smoke -- according to truth®, a national youth smoking prevention campaign -- that still means two million kids alive today will die prematurely from diseases caused by smoking, says the Center for Disease Control. Obviously, teen smoking
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3 Tips for Good Winter Health

by Ronald A. Rowe January 21st, 2015| Elementary, Seasonal
A couple weeks back we touched on the subject of helping your elementary child avoid colds and flu this winter.  As incidents of cold and flu have only escalated since then I think we’d do well to take a more in depth look at some of the things that
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Genetic Disorders: You and Your Unborn Child

by R. Carnavale November 24th, 2014| Pregnancy
There's the true story of a young woman who was expecting a child, had a successful delivery and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Early on, it became clear that something was very wrong with the baby -- she gradually started to lose her eyesight, became deaf and
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Contact Safety: Tweens

by Lori Sciame November 6th, 2014| Safety, Tweens
I know a lot about contacts.  I've worn them since I was 14 years old, and my three children all began wearing them in middle school.  I know how great contacts can be; however, I also realize how dangerous they can be as well.  For this reason, I plan
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How to Keep Pass-Along Germs Away from Your Child

by Tania Cowling November 5th, 2014| Elementary, Social
Have the back-to-school colds hit your home yet? Contagious illnesses increase during school months and when the seasons change, as we tend to spend more time indoors with the windows closed. Whether at home or at school, young children contract at least five or more colds a year. On
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Brain Safety

by Ronald A. Rowe October 29th, 2014| Elementary, Social
We’ve covered just about every safety issue known to parents on this site but there is one more related safety topic that has yet to be addressed: brain safety.  I’m not talking about making sure your child wears a helmet to protect against physical trauma to the brain.  I’m
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Not Just Morning Sickness: Hyperemesis Gravidarum

by Jane Wangersky October 27th, 2014| Pregnancy
The Duchess of Cambridge has once again put hyperemesis gravidarum in the news, and even someone who knew nothing about it would have learned a couple of facts just by following her story: It's debilitating enough to make a woman cancel her daily activities, and it doesn't go away
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Teens Need Sleep!

by Jennifer S. Rowe October 24th, 2014| School, Teens
Teens have very busy schedules starting very early in the morning, so sleep is a very important component when it comes to their success or failure. I know that if my teenage son doesn't get enough sleep, it is a recipe for disaster! Sleep deprivation effects everything from your
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