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Your child being involved in an accident, such as a road traffic accident, is a horrible, scary and traumatic experience for both your child and yourself. Within the turmoil of emotions of fear, relief and anger, and the information from your GP that your child has suffered a serious head injury, eventually the thought ‘What do . . . → Read More: My Child Has A Head Injury – What Do I Do Now?  My Child Won’t Eat by Carlos González It is a universal worry of parents that their baby or toddler is eating enough, as they all have an idea of how much their child should be putting away. Carlos González, who is both a paediatrician and a father, has set out to allay those fears as he explores why . . . → Read More: How to enjoy mealtimes your children and without worry New figures from the NHS Information Centre have revealed that the proportion of children in England who have reached obesity by the time they are in their final year at primary school is on the rise. During 2010/11, 19% of children in year 6 that were measured as part of NCMP, the National Child Measurement Programme, . . . → Read More: Obesity is now serious issue for final year primary school children It’s National Handwashing Awareness Week this week and we have an infographic with facts on hand washing; how to do it correctly and common mistakes people make when washing their hands. Hand washing is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of contagious disease when done correctly. It is important that we . . . → Read More: Handwashing – National Handwashing Awareness Week Tips Recent research has suggested that children are spending more time watching television than they are spending on their school work at home. Recent figures also suggested that schoolchildren are not getting enough sleep to stay alert in class. The research has come out of the Schools Health Education Unit and shows that half of the girls . . . → Read More: Concern about children not getting a decent nights sleep Most adults find hair loss to be inevitable at some stage in life; they don’t like it but it’s expected and commonplace. With children the loss of hair is alarming because it is not expected, but a surprising number of young children do suffer hair loss for a variety of reasons. Some pediatric clinics estimate that . . . → Read More: Hair loss in children Children absorb all sorts of tales about what happens to their teeth after they have been whisked away by the tooth fairy. Parents have youngsters mightily confused about what tooth fairies would want with these little pearls of enamel and how they are recycled in the world of myth and legend. Amazingly inventive suggestions include using them . . . → Read More: Children and tooth fairies Colgate are running a huge new promotion to highlight the importance of instilling good dental hygiene into children from any early age. By getting children into a routine from an early age will set them on the road to a lifetime of good dental hygiene, as our teeth are incredibly precious and by having a routine . . . → Read More: Kids need to learn to brush their teeth at an early age Whilst it has been established that there is probably a genetic link attached to ADHD, but the range of possibility of it to be passed on in families ranges between 20% and 50%. Putting these figures into practice essentially means that a child who do is diagnosed with ADHD has a one in five chance of . . . → Read More: ADHD genetic link In an effort to make the government more aware of the problem of obesity in childhood many UK schools plan on creating a new system that will measure the weight and height of all primary school children that are aged four to five as they enter the school. These measurements will be taken again once the . . . → Read More: All you school children to face the scales in obesity fight |
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