Resilience is a learned skill. Resilient children are able to cope with stress, particularly after a traumatic life event or stressor.
Find resources to help your overall health and wellbeing including articles on how to get more sleep, nutrition, screen time and building resilience.
Learn how you can foster positive thinking in your child.
Learn about benign acute childhood myositis, a condition that causes muscle pain in children with viral infections.
Find out what mindfulness is, how it can help you to build resilience and lower your stress levels, and different methods to practise mindfulness everyday.
Being diagnosed with celiac disease and navigating the strict gluten-free diet can be tough. Learn how incorporating self-care activities into your routine can help you reduce stress, manage symptoms and build resilience.
Read about the causes and symptoms of absence epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
Learn about celiac disease and the strict gluten-free diet to create a safe environment for children with celiac disease at your childcare centre.
Find information to help you support your child with intestinal failure from birth to 11 years of age as they transition through developmental ages and stages.
Find helpful resources and programs to support you, your child and your family during your child's cancer treatment.
Learn why self-efficacy is important for academic success and well-being in children.
Learn about attachment, and the social and emotional development of babies. Explore topics such as bullying, anger management, resilience, puberty, sexuality and sleep.
Stroke is caused by a blockage of blood vessels in the brain and can happen at any age. Read about arterial ischemic strokes (AIS) which are blood clots in an artery of the brain.
Leukemia is the general term for cancer of the blood. This resource centre will focus on the two most common forms of childhood leukemias: ALL and AML.
Learn about aortic stenosis in childhood. With this illness, the aortic valve is unable to open completely, which constricts or squeezes blood flow.
This article describes what to consider when your child decides to become a vegetarian.
Find out how a brain tumour diagnosis and/or its treatment can impact your child’s growth and how the effects can be managed.
Stroke is caused a by blockage of blood vessels in the brain and can happen at any age. Read about cerebral sinovenous thrombosis (CSVT) which is a blood clot in a vein.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer. Learn about how this cancer develops and what factors may affect the development of the disease.
Homesickness is something that many children feel when they leave home for a period of time. Learn more about how to help your child cope with homesickness and how to prepare for a trip or overnight stay in a new environment.
Chickenpox, or varicella, is a common childhood infection caused by a virus. Read about vaccines and treating chickenpox at home.
Learn how chemotherapy for acute childhood leukemias is administered and possible side effects children receiving chemotherapy may experience.
This page provides a list of resources that may be helpful to parents of children with brain tumours. These include books, web resources and support groups.
A step-by-step introduction to the different types of childhood brain tumors. Answers from Canadian Paediatric Hospitals.
