The suns rays are incredibly harmful to the skin and long lengths of exposure can result in the skin looking dry and wrinkled but can cause far more serious side affects such as skin cancer. For adults, exposure is serious enough as experts strongly recommend the need for sun protection but for children the need to...
Could early exposure to potential food allergens prevent children from developing allergies? New recommendations from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology say that peanut butter, milk, fish, and eggs might be safe to give to babies as young as 4 to 6 months old. The previous guidelines recommended parents wait until children were 12...
German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once mused, “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Music lovers across time and space would agree, but none so much as music therapists and their patients – especially ones diagnosed with autism. The American Music Therapy Association defines music therapy as: the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish...
You adore your son or daughter and having a child was the biggest blessing. Unfortunately, dealing with tantrums is a far less pleasing task than enjoying the calm and sweet moments with your child. If you feel helpless, you should certainly understand that many other parents are going through the same situation. Children aged 5 and...
Sending your child off to school is a scary and exciting time for parents. You hope that they will make friends, pay attention in class, and stay out of trouble, all while still learning and enjoying themselves. But for parents who have a child with a medication condition, back to school time presents its own set...
A dentist, or any medical health practitioner for that matter, is not just tasked with restoring damaged teeth or getting rid of pain. Part of the many roles of a dentist is to educate his or her patients regarding procedures and preventing the same dental issues from arising again. Healing a patient is of little to...
It may seem a bit silly to talk about oral healthcare for tiny babies, because most do not develop teeth until they are around 6 months old, but dentists do recommend that all parents take steps to look after their baby’s gums before teeth even start to erupt. Using a very soft brush or a wipe...
Be it in kindergarten, high school or college; doing homework is an activity that no student enjoys. Certainly sitting in one place for an hour or two and scribing down words in a grey pencil on a piece of paper is not an entertaining task thus children run away from homework. To make homework more interesting,...
