As your child enters the pre-teen years, they have more opportunities to express their independence. Find out how to support their mental health, prepare for puberty and handle influences from the media.
Find out how to help your teen to stay healthy and properly manage their diabetes as they learn to navigate adolescence.
Find information to help promote independence in your teenager while continuing to help them manage their cancer treatment.
Brain disorders can be caused by medical conditions, illness or injury. Find out how they can affect a child's mental health and overall functioning.
Otitis media is a middle ear infection caused by a backup of fluid behind the eardrum. Learn the causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment of otitis media.
Learn about considerations for discussing body piercings with your teen, including how to identify a trusted piercing studio and how to care for a body piercing.
This page contains information to help parents cope with their increasingly independent teen.
Find information to help support your teen (12 to 18 years of age) with intestinal failure transition through developmental ages and stages.
Learn how psychotherapy and lifestyle changes can help your child cope with anxiety.
Teens living with hemophilia can learn why smoking is bad news for their health.
Teenagers with phenylketonuria (PKU) face the unique challenge of balancing their health with their growing independence. Read about how you can support your teen with PKU.
Find suggestions to help your teen manage their sickle cell pain using positive coping behaviours.
Learn about the considerations for talking to your teen about tattoos, including how to identify a trusted tattoo studio and the potential complications of tattooing.
Read about lifestyle choices. Major life decisions should be made keeping in mind how the heart condition will influence overall health and well-being.
Having scoliosis surgery can be a very emotionally difficult experience for a teenager. Learn about common stressors as well as how to cope with them.
Mastoiditis is an infection caused by bacteria within the bone behind the ear. Learn more about what causes mastoiditis and find out how it is diagnosed and treated.
Find out how you can use effective parenting to support the 3Ps of pain management for your teen with acute pain.
Use this video to help your child or teen learn about and develop a bedtime ritual so they can fall asleep more easily.
Cyberbullying happens through the internet, texting or social media. Learn about what it looks like and what you can do for your child.
Find out which substances teens use most often, and why, and what to do if you are concerned about your teen’s substance use.
An easy-to-understand overview of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of children who have experienced a natural or man-made disaster.
Learn about chronic pain in teenagers and the effect that it may have. Pain management, responsibilities, drinking and drug use are discussed.
Find out how you can manage your own health while caring for your family after your child experiences a traumatic injury.
