Why Do Kids Get Sick When They Go Back to School? Introduction It seems that every year, young children head off to school after summer break and then just as quickly get sick and have to spend a few ...

It is a parent’s job to protect their children from anything that may pose a threat to them, including contagious illnesses that could compromise their health. However, have modern-day parents gone ...

Young children get sick far more often than adults, and it is completely normal. Most healthy kids come down with about six viral illnesses a year—and preschoolers and early elementary-aged children ...

As the school bell rings and classrooms fill with laughter, backpacks, and sharpened pencils, a familiar season quietly creeps in — not just the return of academic routines, but the uninvited reunion ...

HEALTHY START. SHE’S REALLY OPEN WITH ME AND I’M OPEN WITH MY DAUGHTER. JUST LAST WEEK SHE HAD A FEW SNIFFLES AND SHE’S LIKE, MOM, SCHOOL IS STARTING. I THINK I’M GETTING SICK. MIDDLE SCHOOL MOM TASHA ...

There are lots of unpleasant things about being sick. Leaking slimy green snot is near the top of my yuck list. I talked about it with my friend Linda Eddy. She’s a nurse for kids. She runs the ...

I recently had one of those moments that only other parents or full-time caregivers of young children are likely to understand: I was holding my miserably sick baby, who was sneezing, coughing and ...