Puberty is a stage of development where your child's body starts to take on adult form. Learn about puberty in girls and how to talk to your daughter about puberty.
Learn about positive and negative approaches to problem solving and the possible outcomes of each approach.
The first step to problem solving is identifying the problem. This page offers tips to help you recognize when there is a problem and then identify the problem as clearly as possible.
Read about the experiences of teenagers who have had scoliosis surgery and their first hand accounts of their fears, relationships, and recovery.
Read the story of 13-year-old Sara and how her meal plan with changing carbohydrate intakes works for her.
Children with chronic health issues may be more likely to be bullied and also have parents that are overprotective. Learn what you can do to deal with these issues.
Learn how doctors diagnose hemophilia, a bleeding disorder that mostly affects males.
Urethral prolapse occurs when a girl's urethra becomes swollen and sticks out. Learn about what causes urethral prolapse and how it is treated.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
Find out how to set up a new sleep schedule to help you spend more of your time in bed sleeping instead of tossing and turning.
Learn about what causes seizures, the different types of seizures and what the concept of the seizure threshold means.
Find out what it's like for a child with diabetes to adjust to different challenges of managing the condition at different ages and stages.
Learn about congenital muscular torticollis, why it happens and what you can do to help your child.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for generalized epilepsy syndromes.
Find out how negative and positive thinking can affect how you feel and how you manage stress and pain.
Read about sudden infant deaths while sleeping and about ways parents and caregivers can lower the risk in infants.
Learn some important things to keep in mind when making a decision about epilepsy surgery, such as surgery goals, risks and possible complications.
Watch video interviews with teens that have had surgery for their scoliosis. Learn about their reasons for deciding to have scoliosis surgery.
Learn about infantile spasms, a type of epilepsy. Learn how infantile spasms are diagnosed and treated, and who can help you and your baby.
Learn about the impact of emotions on problem solving and how to use positive self-statements to give you the best chance of solving problems successfully.
A child with neurofibromatosis type 1 must have consistent medical care. Parents can use this checklist to ensure their child receives all the care they need.
If you have completed the five steps of the Bright IDEAS system and are not satisfied with the result, you might need to go back and try Steps 1 to 5 again. Read through the case study for an example of what this can look like.
Find information about how old most children are when they develop good bladder control at night. Also learn about some of the causes of bed-wetting and what you can do to help your child.
