For parents managing daily challenges, positive reinforcement can improve disruptive behavior, while home remedies provide fast relief for childhood coughs.
Whether your child is teething, has a cavity or just got his braces tightened, a toothache causes discomfort and irritation. Until you can take your child to the dentist, use home remedies and over-the-counter care to make the pain bearable.
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An upset stomach can have a variety of causes, including eating certain kinds of food, eating too much food, eating too quickly, indigestion or a viral infection such as the stomach flu. A child suffering from an upset stomach may also suffer from heartburn, nausea, excessive burping and bloating.
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Reinforcing good behavior while discouraging disobedience and anti-social behavior generally produces positive results in children. Positive reinforcement helps children feel good about their choices, which motivates them to increase the behaviors that bring rewards.
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When your child experiences a nosebleed, actually seeing the blood can often be more traumatizing than the bleeding itself. Since nose bleeds, medically known as epistaxis, are typically mild and not painful, quickly going to work to stop the nosebleed so your child can return to normal activities is best.
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Parents try to keep their children healthy and feeling well. But, your child will still come to you from time to time with an upset stomach. Nausea can occur with or without vomiting or diarrhea.
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The age at which a child should start playing sports is not set in stone. That being said, according to KidsHealth, a child is emotionally and physically ready for organized team play by the age of 6 or 7.
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Teens who know they want a military career can begin to prepare for it while in high school. Boot camp style training programs exist to instill the values and physical endurance necessary for military service.
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The relationship between a male and his father is one of the building blocks for the son's emotional stability later in life.
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Parents often worry that a child’s attachment to his security blanket denotes insecurity or weakness. As a result, children are sometimes traumatized when pressured to let go of their blankets or soft toys before they are ready.
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Your child’s hair grows at an average rate of approximately one quarter to one half an inch every month, with a yearly average of approximately five to six inches.
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While divorce can have devastating effects on a child at any age, perhaps the most difficult time in a child's life for him to experience such a separation is between the ages of 2 and 4 when his parents are the center of his world.
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If your child is suffering from puffy bags under her eyes, it may not be due to a serious medical condition. Bags under the eyes may be caused by allergies, a sinus infection or a lack of sleep, according to Better Medicine. By pinpointing the cause of your child's puffy eyes, you can help eliminate the problem.
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If you want to sweet talk a girl, you can't go wrong with sincere and specific compliments. Remember to take into account what your girl likes to hear, and pay attention to her unique qualities. Additionally, make sure you get the sweet talking you need as well. "
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Studies confirm that between 15 percent to 25 percent of U.S. students are bullied with varying frequency, states the Health and Human Services Stop Bullying Now! website. Bullying at school, home or in the neighborhood can leave victims feeling powerless, anxious, angry and depressed.
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If it's time to provide your child with a cell phone, whether for safety and accountability when she's away from home or to enable her to communicate conveniently, you have many options for your youngster's cell phone service.
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Treating your child's cough can be a challenge. Since 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended that parents avoid treating children's coughs with over-the-counter cough medication; the benefits of these medications doesn't outweigh potential drawbacks.
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Although your 16-month-old child's cough might sound horrible to you, coughing is actually a very common occurrence in kids, and a healthy way of protecting the airways and lungs, according to Kids Health.
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Everyone loves to feel pampered, but spending your hard-earned money at a high-end spa or buying mass-produced facial masks at the drugstore might not be in the budget. A spa day at home with your daughter or as part of a spa party is a great time to try your hand at whipping up some inexpensive facial masks.
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Dandruff is caused by the overgrowth of a fungus on the scalp called malassezia. This fungus causes the skin cells to shed abnormally. When scalp oil clumps the white flakes together, dandruff becomes noticeable. Although uncommon until puberty and the teen years, dandruff is sometimes present in young children.
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After nine months of stretchy waistbands and tent-like tops, you are eager to shed your pregnancy weight. It may take awhile to shift the numbers on the scale. Remember, your body is forever changed for having housed your little one. Give yourself nine months to a year to lose the baby weight.
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