Features Related to Children’s Health

1. Child Vaccines: Some Parents Ill at Ease
   

   Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes probably wasn't thinking about child vaccines or parental rights when he said "the right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." But the intersection of private rights and the public good addressed by Holmes is a subject much on the minds

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2. Bedwetting Solutions: How Can You Stop Bedwetting?
   

   At age 7, Billy was getting invitations for sleepovers from friends. He wanted to go, but there was a problem: how to stop bedwetting. Bedwetting had been an ongoing issue for Billy, says his mother, Jane, (not their real names) of Bethesda, Md. Her two older children hadn't had the problem, but Bil

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3. Helping Bedwetters: Tips from the Trenches
   

   Bedwetters can take a toll on everyone's patience, not to mention the toll taken on a good night's sleep. If you're the parent of a bedwetting child and are feeling frustrated, here are practical tips on what to do and how to cope. If your pediatrician doesn't ask you about your bedwetting child, as

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4. Bedwetting: Answers to Parents’ 6 Top Questions
   

   Parents share secrets and strategies with each other about how to deal with fussy eaters, colicky infants, and tantrum throwers. But bedwetters? The problem of bedwetting is still shrouded in embarrassment despite the fact that it's very common. As a matter of fact, one in five 5-year-olds is a bedw

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5. Bed-wetting: What Causes It?
   

   Waking in the middle of the night to change your child's sheets after a bed-wetting episode is practically a rite of passage for parents. And it's more common than you think. "I call it the hidden problem of childhood," says Howard Bennett, MD, a pediatrician and author of Waking Up Dry: A Guide to

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6. Parents’ Potluck: Tips on Raising Healthy Kids
   

   Wondering how you can wean your kid off sugar? Or how to get through a family trip without caving in to the shrill backseat demands for Happy Meals? You’re not alone. To get some answers to these and other questions, we turned to the real experts: parents.  We posted on WebMD’s parenting message boa

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7. New Studies Sharpen Circumcision Debate
   

   Rachel Spencer, a neonatal intensive care nurse in Lake Bluff, Ill., and her physician husband had their first son circumcised in 2000. But over the next seven years, as three more sons were born, the Spencers chose not to repeat the procedure. "After doing research, I learned that circumcision isn'

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8. Children With Special Dietary Needs
   

   Many day cares and preschools in the U.S. have prominently posted signs asking parents not to pack food for their kids containing peanuts, because so many children are allergic. It seems like special dietary needs are an ever-growing issue. Food allergies affect as many as 8% of children in the U.S.

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9. School Lunches, Healthy Choices
   

   When you're busy getting kids ready for school in the morning, a healthy school lunch can get lost in the shuffle. You may think your child's lunch rates an "A," when in reality, it doesn't make the grade. Yet a few simple changes can turn lackluster school lunches into healthy midday meals your chi

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10. Make and Take Meals: Fast-Food Alternatives
    

    It's late, your kids are hungry, and you don't have time to cook. Put down the phone and pass up the drive-through. You can rustle up a number of fast-food alternatives in minutes. Not only can you put together a faster, healthier meal -- with fewer calories and less fat and sodium -- but you can sa

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