…their friends. It’s normal for teens to feel anxious during this period of their lives, as they close one chapter and begin another. However, teens may feel especially anxious as they…
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Helping your child overcome fears of visiting the doctor during COVID-19
…teens do not recognize when they are scared. Help by supporting them in developing language and body descriptions for their feelings. For example, “You said your heart is beating faster….
Back to virtual school: tips to help kids transition after summer break
…and may need their parents’ help with organizing virtual playdates or online communications. Consider building social encounters that would normally happen in person into your child’s virtual schedule. Some teens…
How to help a child who feels COVID-19 burnout
…with their children’s quality of life. Kids and teens alike are struggling with the challenge of increased isolation from friends, barriers to traditional academic instruction, and uncertainty about the current…
CHOC – Children’s Health Hub
…to honor kids, teens and young adults and cancer and offers resources for them and their families. Diagnosed at 20 with cancer, she knows the value of being treated at…
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LIBRARY Articles 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…
Causes, symptoms and treatment of ringworm
…system problems. What are signs and symptoms of ringworm? Here’s what parents can look for ringworm in babies, children and teens: Ringworm on the face, hands, neck or other skin…
Contact sports and kids: What parents should know
…football or soccer, says Dr. Matthew Kornswiet, a sports medicine physician and pediatrician in the CHOC Primary Care Network. To help kids and teens prevent injury, Dr. Kornswiet says…
The COVID-19 vaccine and pediatric asthma: What parents should know
…evidence to suggest that kids with asthma would respond to the COVID-19 vaccine differently than adults with asthma. For children and teens, the only COVID-19 vaccine approved with emergency use…
Pediatric Healthcare Guide
…emergency departments nationwide are seeing an influx of patients. Similarly, CHOC is seeing an extremely high number of patients, from infants to teens, in their two pediatric emergency departments, as…
Understanding adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), risks and protective factors
…the lives of thousands of children and teens not only mentally and emotionally, but physically as well. In this Q&A, Dr. Sheila Modir, a CHOC pediatric psychologist, aims to bring…
Talking about Mental Health: Tips for Clinicians
…minutes of a mindfulness meditation from the HeadSpace app on Saturday mornings. Patient X will practice going to sleep at 8:30 p.m. every night beginning this week. Talking to teens…
