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The following printable articles cover a range of health topics, with tips for parents, tips for kids and teens and recommended reading/viewing put together by the pediatric experts at CHOC. These articles are not meant to replace your child’s professional healthcare team, but rather, to supplement it by giving you helpful tips and tools all in one place.
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Wildfires and children’s health: What parents should know
A CHOC pediatrician offers tips to keep kids safe during wildfires and discusses how climate change may be impacting kids’ health.
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5 questions to ask your pediatrician at your child’s next checkup
A CHOC pediatrician gives parents five ideas of questions to ask about their child’s development and health at their next check-up.
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Brain-boosting foods for kids
A CHOC nutrition expert offers discusses nutrients that support kids’ brain health and gives parents recipe ideas and tips.
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5 coping skills to help stressed-out teens
In a video made just for teens, a CHOC Mental Health expert offers five strategies for stress relief and coping.
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How to validate your child’s feelings: Six steps for parents and caregivers
A CHOC mental health expert offers tips to parents for validating their kids and teens’ feelings to make sure they feel heard.
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Why you should consider becoming a blood donor
January is National Blood Donor Month. But at CHOC, blood donations are needed all year long. For more information call: 714-509-8339
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Climate change and children’s health: What parents should know
A CHOC expert explains the impacts that global warming and climate change can have on kids, and what we can do to reduce carbon emissions.
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Snot and kids: What do those colors mean?
A CHOC pediatrician helps parents decode the color of their child’s mucus (snot), and offers advice about when to call the doctor.
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How to help your teen develop a positive self-image
A CHOC mental health expert explains how to help your teens have a positive self-image, including tips for improving a negative one.
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Are New Year’s resolutions actually helpful? Get advice from a CHOC expert
A CHOC mental health expert discusses how to set realistic intentions and attainable goals for your family in the new year.
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Blood donors appreciated by CHOC patients like Joshua
Joshua needs multiple blood transfusions for his cancer treatment, which are made possible by blood and platelet donations to CHOC.
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How to choose the best place for child care for your child
A CHOC expert offers tips to consider when choosing a childcare option for your child like questions to ask and safety measures to look for.
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Febrile seizures and kids: What parents should know
A CHOC neurologist assures parents that most children recover from febrile seizures and offers treatment tips and advice.
Topics
- Allergies
- Anxiety
- Appendicitis
- Arthritis
- Artificial Intelligence
- Asthma
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Bedwetting
- Bike and Helmet Safety
- Birth Defects
- Blood donations
- Bullying
- Cancer / Oncology
- Car and Travel Safety
- Celiac
- Child Life
- Cleft Lip
- Cochlear implants
- Cold and Flu
- Concussions
- Controlled Substances
- Coping with chronic illness
- COVID-19
- Critical Care
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Dentistry
- Depression
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Down Syndrome
- Driving
- Ear Infections
- Ears, Nose, Throat / Otolaryngology
- Eating Disorders
- Emergency
- Endocrinology
- Epilepsy / Seizures
- First Aid
- Food Allergies
- Fun Activities
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics
- Halloween
- Headaches
- Health
- Heart / Cardiology
- Hematology
- Hernia
- Holidays
- Home and Window Safety
- Hot Weather Safety
- Hydration
- Hygiene
- Immunizations / Vaccinations
- Immunology
- Infectious Disease
- Internet / Online Safety
- Lactation / Breastfeeding
- Leukemia
- Maternal-Fetal Care
- Medication
- Mental Health
- Metabolics
- Neonatology / NICU
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- New Year
- Nutrition
- Nutrition and Lactation
- Obesity
- Orthopaedics
- Outdoor Safety
- Palliative Care
- Parenting
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pharmacy
- PICU Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Plastic Surgery
- Primary Care / Family Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Psychosis
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Rare Disease
- Recipes
- Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy
- Rheumatology
- Safety
- School
- Scoliosis
- Screen Time and Social Media
- Seasonal
- Sexual Health
- Sleep Safety
- Sleeping
- Speech therapy
- Sports and Fitness
- Sports Medicine
- Suicide Prevention
- Summer Safety
- Sun Safety and Skin Protection
- Thanksgiving
- Tonsils
- Transition to Adult Health Care
- Traumatic Events
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Urology
- Vision / Ophthalmology
- Water Safety and Drowning Prevention