Kids Corner: Health Education for Kids
Our role as parents is to prepare our children to live in the real world and this includes helping them achieve health literacy. But what we teach them needs to be developmentally appropriate.

Kids Corner: When to Keep the Kids Home
Anyone with children knows that awful feeling at 6 a.m. when you're getting ready for work and you realize that your child is ill and can’t go to school. What are working parents supposed to do?

Kids Corner: Sports Physicals
Sports physicals ideally should be performed at least six weeks before the beginning of a scheduled activity or season so any follow-ups or referrals can be completed prior to that date.

Kids Corner: Stay-at-Home Dads
I’ve been a stay-at-home dad for 11 years and in my case, the decision was simple—my wife makes more than I do and it didn’t make sense to spend my entire salary on daycare.

Kids Corner: Depression and Teens
Data over the past two decades suggest that the issue of depression in children and adolescents is genuine and is grossly underestimated in this younger age group.

Kick Butts Day 2008
On April 2, thousands participated in Kick Butts Day, raising awareness about the need for Congress to crack down on Big Tobacco’s marketing efforts that target kids. What can you do?

Kids Corner: Recycling
Everyone knows that recycling is important. It is never too early to start teaching our children because—as we all know—habits that are developed early stay with us for the rest of our lives.

Kids Corner: Importance of Breakfast
Did your mother ever tell you to eat breakfast? Did she ever tell you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? If she did, then you have a very smart mother. If it is so important, why do people skip it?

Kids Corner: Heart Disease and Children
Do children have heart disease? Yes, two kinds: congenital, the kind they have at birth; and acquired, the kind that develops later in life. The focus of this article is acquired, which to a major degree is preventable.

Kids Corner: Be a Healthy Role Model
As a parent, it is important to demonstrate to your children the steps involved in creating, working toward and achieving healthy goals.