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Items That Should Be On Your Child’s Checkup Checklist
By Jeff Hayward Children

Items That Should Be On Your Child’s Checkup Checklist

As an adult, your doctor or dentist has probably told you that you need to get certain checkups regularly to maintain optimal health. These exams include physicals from time to time, including a prostate exam for men by the age of 40, and a pap test for women starting at age 21. Well, your toddler […]

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Everything You Should Know About Juvenile Arthritis
By Jeff Hayward Children

Everything You Should Know About Juvenile Arthritis

Juvenile arthritis (or pediatric rheumatic disease) is not a stand-alone disease; it refers to several problems related to autoimmune disorders of inflammation that can affect children under 16. In the U.S. alone, around 300,000 children are affected by JA, so let’s take some time to learn more about this disease.

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21 Clever Ways to Childproof your Home
By ActiveBeat Author Children

21 Clever Ways to Childproof your Home

Parents worry endlessly about how to protect their children from harm, often overlooking the number one threat to their children’s safety and well-being: their home sweet home!  Children are exposed to countless dangers in the family home (i.e., burns, choking, poisoning, drowning, or falling). Unfortunately, parents weren’t outfitted with eyes in the back of their heads, which is […]

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7 Toddler Development Facts you Probably Didn’t Know
By Jeff Hayward Children

7 Toddler Development Facts you Probably Didn’t Know

Toddlers are (usually) fascinating and fun little humans that bring us joy as well as the usual challenges. However, in our big world we often overlook little details about them, as they seem to change a bit each day. To be fair, there is no way you can know everything that’s going on with a […]

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7 Ways Welcoming Your Second Child Differs From the First
By Sarah Reynolds Children

7 Ways Welcoming Your Second Child Differs From the First

First time parents have the incredible luxury (that they don’t know at the time is a luxury) of planning and preparing, focusing and doing, for one. That first child, whether they realize or not, is getting prime treatment, and parents, are running themselves wild to give them that. It’s pretty exciting and stressful to welcome […]

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Connecting to 7 Little-Known Health Risks of Wi-Fi Networks
By Jeff Hayward Children

Connecting to 7 Little-Known Health Risks of Wi-Fi Networks

We can’t seem to live without it these days, and our worst fear seems to be ending up in a place that doesn’t support wireless connections. However, at the same time, it seems any concerns associated with Wi-Fi use have disappeared into thin air. Several sources cite studies that show home or business wireless routers […]

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