Tag: tween health

Make sure these important phone numbers are in your kids' cell phones, and that they know how and when to use them.

A conversation with two pediatric psychiatrists to explore the complex world of social media and the positive and negative effects it can have on teens.

Learn how common high cholesterol is in kids and when your child's cholesterol level should first be checked.

As our kids get older, parents often wonder when they're old enough to stay home alone. Temperament, maturity level and decision-making skills may be more important than a particular age. A mom and pediatrician shares questions parents can ask themselves as they begin to consider it.

One of the main reasons that social media is ripe for abuse is because many apps allow users to be anonymous. This can be a particularly scary landscape for parents of teens. Read Dr. Ryan's suggestions to help keep teens safe online while allowing them the space to participate.

Learn five things parents can do to talk to tweens and teens about online and mobile app safety in a way that is less painful and more helpful for both the parent and the child.

Our researchers visited school cafeterias to understand dietary choices at school. Here are 7 tips they've identified to help kids eat healthier.

A teen girl meets a “teen boy” online. The two talk via social networks and texts. Then the teen girl accepts an invitation to meet in person without her parents’ knowledge of the plans and without a complete understanding of who the “teen boy” is. This story can go one of a million different ways.

Our teens (and increasingly our tweens, typically ages 10 to 13) are spending more of their lives online and on their texting devices than ever before. Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter make it uncannily easy for them to stay in constant contact with their peer group and to potentially hide things from their