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Telling Your Child a Family Member Has a Serious Illness for Parents

When a loved one has a serious illness, it can be hard to know how to tell your child. Here are tips on when to talk, what to say, and how to help kids cope.
Relaxation Techniques for Kids With Serious Illness for Parents

Help ease your child's pain and anxiety with these exercises, complete with step-by-step instructions.
What Is Stress? for Teens

Stress is a normal response to life’s changes, pressures, and challenges. It’s a mind-and-body signal that helps you get ready for what’s ahead. Find out more about how stress can help, and how it sometimes holds you back.
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency for Parents

Pyruvate kinase deficiency is a condition that can lead to anemia. Most people with the condition lead a healthy life.
What You Need to Know in an Emergency for Parents

In an emergency, it's hard to think clearly about your kids' health information. Here's what important medical information you should have handy, just in case.
Staph Infections for Parents

When skin is punctured or broken for any reason, staph bacteria can enter the wound and cause an infection. But good hygiene can prevent many staph infections. Learn more.
Colds for Parents

Colds are the most common infectious disease in the United States - and the top reason kids visit the doctor and miss school.
Fanconi Anemia for Parents

Fanconi anemia is an inherited condition in which the bone marrow doesn’t work normally. A child with the condition needs lifelong medical care.
Meningitis for Teens

Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. Quick treatment of meningitis usually is successful.
Hives (Urticaria) for Parents

Has your child broken out in welts? It could be a case of the hives. Learn how to soothe itchy bumps and help your child feel better.

A TeensHealth Education Partner Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.