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Best Online Therapy Platforms to Treat Your or Your Child’s OCD
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Kids as Young as 8 Should Be Screened for Anxiety and Continue Into Adulthood, Experts Say
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Our 7 Picks for Online Birth Control for Parents and Teens With Endometriosis
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What To Know About Gender-Affirming Care
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What Is Touch Therapy and Why Your Kid Might Need It
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What Parents Need To Know About Hormone Blockers
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Parents Exclusive: Dr. Fauci Discusses COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Under 5
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Alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen When Your Child Is Sick
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How COVID-19 Can Affect Your Child's Brain
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Monkeypox Symptoms in Kids: What Parents Need to Know
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The Parent's Guide To At-Home COVID-19 Tests
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How To Have Sex-Positive Talks With Your Teen Without Being Cringey
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What To Do When Your Child Has Ulcerative Colitis
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Is Melatonin Safe for Kids?
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Toxic Diet Talk During Girl Scout Cookie Season May Increase Kids' Risk for Eating Disorders
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Is Medicine Always the Answer for a Fever?
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The Best Sex Education Books for Kids of All Ages (And Their Parents!)
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The HPV Vaccine: Why All Adolescents Need to Get It
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9 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Their First Period
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Do You Have an Empath Child? Here's How to Raise Them
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What To Do When Your Child Has Auditory Processing Disorder
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Here's What Parents Need To Know About Chest Binding
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16 Strength-Training Exercises for Kids
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What is Skeeter Syndrome in Kids?
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How Parents Can Prepare for Their Child's First OB-GYN Exam
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Vaping
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5 Real-World Issues That Worry Young Kids
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The Dangers of Vaping Around Your Kids
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Urinary Incontinence is Common Among Teen Athletes—Here's How to Help
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Why Your Child Bites Their Nails and How to Help Them Stop
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The Real Poop on Pinworms in Kids
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I Lost My Son to Leukemia, But Have Hope That Soon No More Parents Will
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Should We Be Talking to Kids About What It Means To Have Good Sex?
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Nearsightedness Rises Among Kids And New Study Links it to the Pandemic
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Is It Allergies or a Cold? Here's How to Tell the Difference
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Your Teen's Period Pain Might Actually Be a Sign of Endometriosis—Here's What Parents Need to Know
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How Old Is Too Old to Go to the Pediatrician?
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More Kids Are Being Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes—Here's What Parents Need to Know
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Acne in Teens and Kids: A Parents Guide to Treatment
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Medical Tests for Children: Which Ones Are Really Necessary (and When)
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Why You Should Be Asking Your Pediatrician Not to Talk to Your Kids About Their Weight
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I'm a Dad and a Neurosurgeon: Here's How I Care for My Kids' Brains
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Why You Need to Know Thyroid Disease Symptoms in Kids
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Why Does My Kid Keep Scratching Their Butt?
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The Best Online ADHD Therapy Services for Kids and the Parents Who Love Them
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BPA Linked with Childhood Asthma in New Study
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I'm Autistic—Here's What I Needed From My Parents as a Child
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How Restaurants Can Create a More Inclusive Experience for Children with Autism
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Tips for Teaching Kids with Autism to Swim and How to Find Lessons Near You
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I’m a Dad Who Tried BetterHelp For A Month. Is It Worth It?
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When My Daughter Struggles, I Have To Remind Myself I Didn't Fail Her as a Parent
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Gen Z Understands First-Hand the Importance of Mental Health and It Will Make Them Great Parents
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How to Help a Child With Body Dysmorphic Disorder, from Someone Who's Been There
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Kids Need Access to Mental Health Days
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What Overturning Roe v. Wade Means Psychologically for Teens Who Could Get Pregnant
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What Is Vicarious Racism and How Does it Affect Children?
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 11: Gun control activist David Hogg speaks during a March for Our Lives rally against gun violence on the National Mall June 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. The March For Our Lives movement was spurred by the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. After recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, a bipartisan group of Senators continue to negotiate a potential compromise deal on gun violence and gun safety legislation. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
School Shootings Have Turned Survivors Into Advocates—But They Shouldn't Have To Be
How to talk to your kids about gun violence
How Can I Help My Anxious Child Feel Safe After Mass Tragedies in the News?
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How to Recognize High-Functioning Anxiety in Children
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7 Signs Your Child Should See a Therapist
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7 Behavioral or Emotional Pink Flags in Young Children
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Silver Linings: Positive Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children
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Yes, Your Kid Can Be Addicted to Social Media—Here's How to Help