Ask the Pediatrician: How should parents talk to children about positive COVID-19 tests?
Q: My daughter is upset about testing positive for COVID-19. How do I talk to her about this?
Mar 28, 2022
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Q: My daughter is upset about testing positive for COVID-19. How do I talk to her about this?
Mar 28, 2022
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The word "routine" can bring to mind words like mundane or ordinary. During the pandemic's disruptions to daily life, routines may have felt boring and restrictive. However, as an occupational therapist and researcher of ...
Mar 16, 2022
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As people in the U.S. prepare to turn their clocks ahead one hour in mid-March, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to ...
Mar 11, 2022
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Most patients with sleep problems adopt maladaptive coping strategies—such as taking sleep aids, using caffeine, and taking daytime naps—that may actually contribute to decreased sleep quality, reports a study in The ...
Feb 25, 2022
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A new study by researchers at National Jewish Health finds that parents of adolescents got more sleep when middle and high schools start about an hour later, while the sleep habits of parents of younger children were unaffected ...
Jan 05, 2022
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A new survey study has identified links between problematic smartphone use and low sense of control, repetitive thinking, and fear of missing out (FOMO) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2021, suggesting possible ...
Dec 22, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Many parents want to make the holiday season magical for their kids, but for some the stress they feel trying to live up to that ideal may actually be doing the opposite.
Dec 20, 2021
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Increased television time for young children has been linked with poorer progress in some areas of development.
Nov 08, 2021
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(HealthDay)—It is a fear that millions of parents have been harboring since the pandemic began: Will their children fall behind in school due to disruptions caused by lockdowns, closings and social distancing?
Oct 20, 2021
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As lockdown eases today in New South Wales, and will do so in Victoria later this month, many people will begin readjusting to "normal" life.
Oct 11, 2021
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