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[Site no longer active – don’t know what’s up with the CDC and changing addresses. Big organization like that they should know better.]
The “Flu” a guide for parents. Here is a great link to the CDCs (Center For Disease Control) pamphlet about how to deal with life when your child: gets, is exposed to, doesn’t want to get or is worried about – the “flu.”
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[ http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/freeresources/updated/a_flu_guide_for_parents.pdf ]
Immunization schedule that can be printed out. From the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
[https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html]
[For some reason YouTube is no longer serving this page – it’s too bad, but you know YouTube, if they can’t make money….. !]I’ve never watched Ellen but once for about 5 minutes while channel surfing, however while researching for an article about flu shots I ran across this clip which just begs to be seen – and he didn’t even cry.
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In researching for another article I stumbled upon the wonderfully insightful blog of a twelve-year-old (now thirteen) boy with Aspergers Syndrome – “Words I’d Use to describe myself before my diagnosis.” His posts are not only well written, but are refreshingly frank and sometimes quite humorous – even if he doesn’t realize it.
[http://autisticandproud.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/words-id-use-to-describe-myself-with-before-my-diagnosis/]
Talk about an example of endurance, here is the story (in story book form) of a Broken Arrow, Oklahoma cub scout with a head injury. He accidentally got an arrow pushed into his head but recovered from frontal lobe injuries during months of hospital treatment. “The Broken Arrow Boy.”
[http://www.brainline.org/content/2013/01/broken-arrow-boy.html]
If you are anything even close to me, there are a handful of types of unsolicited emails that you constantly need to delete as spam – one of them is the online pharmacies. Here is a web-site where you can check out any on-line pharmacy and report them if you’ve been scammed. (more…)
Almost six years ago the European alliance of rare disease patient organizations (Eurordis) launched the very first Rare Disease Day – 29th of February – as a bid to merely raise awareness for the challenges faced by rare disease patients, families, health professionals, researchers, members of industry and government stakeholders.
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Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” contained the character of a small boy on a crutch named “Tiny Tim” who “had his limbs supported by an iron frame.” (more…)
A link to a follow-up blog post by Hayley Kaplan. This time giving advice for parents about their children sexting on their phones and computers.
[http://what-is-privacy.com/2012/03/what-parents-must-know-about-sexting/]
A link to a blog post by Hayley Kaplan which exposes little known facts about sexting on their phones and computers to teens.
[http://what-is-privacy.com/2012/02/what-children-and-teens-should-know-about-sexting/]
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“What would you do if you weren’t afraid” is the subtitle of a blog by a Boise Idaho family who rode their bicycles the entire American continent – Alaska to Argentina. Mom, dad and twin 12-year-old boys took three years of “home schooling,” did it… and wrote about it.
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[http://familyonbikes.org/blog/journal/journal-entries/]
How do you find a doctor for your child? The most highly trained, specifically for children, would be a board certified Pediatrician; but, not all doctors are equal and doctors do change during their career. You shouldn’t need to put up with poor office and practice procedures like availability, returning phone calls and lab follow-up. Here is some advice on how to locate a good doctor for your child in your area and a list of questions to answer when “interviewing” potential pediatricians.
[http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/health-management/Pages/How-To-Choose-A-Pediatrician.aspx]
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