Children's Health Topics Resources (01)

Dental Health in Children: What you Should Know
Because child dental care is vital, it’s good to know what conditions face your child. This site brings you health information and statistics regarding your kid’s dental care. A section on prevention and screening is included, which gives parents tips on how to brush their kid’s teeth, how to get your child for a dentist, and if your child needs fluoride. Sealants, which are popular in preventing tooth decay and cavities in kids, are also discussed in separate links. Other sections offer pictures and diagrams, as well as information on treatment, dental conditions and overviews of dental conditions.

Teen Mental Health: Coping with Stress and Friends
Teen health also involves coping with issues, and this site gives advice on how to cope and how to help other teens deal with stress and even thoughts of suicide. It explains there are three ways of reacting to problems: getting angry, withdrawing and taking charge. It gives teens good ways to react to stress and problems, such as talking to someone they trust, listening to music and relaxing, working out, do something they find pleasurable, and giving themselves time to think about the issue and think about how they want to react.

Perspectives on Children and Mental Health
Children's mental health is much more than the absence of illness; it’s actually about physical and emotional health and well-being, about having the strength and capacity to live a full and creative life, and also the flexibility to deal with the unstable nature of life. Children have various ups and downs, so some need to learn how to cope with feelings like anger and fear. This site gives facts and figures about children’s emotional health, and includes links to help parents and teachers learn about children’s emotional health needs.

Parenting to Healthy Children
Parents affect their children’s emotional, social, intellectual, and physical development in many ways. Good parenting is not necessarily innate; it is a learning and growth process, according to this site, which gives information about attachment, bonding, blended and stepfamilies, childhood obesity, learning disabilities, children and separation, helping kids cope with divorce, and smart grandparenting. Plenty of links with great child mental health information for toddlers, kids and teens.