Children's Health

Learn which foods seem to help with "binding" up the excess fluids and waste that occur with diarrhea.

Phobias can be very difficult to overcome, but help is available.

It's sometimes hard for gifted kids to learn that they can't always win, and it's better if this lesson is learned early.

Ease your child's stress before exams and big assignments.

Our expert sorts through the symptoms of colds, allergies, and asthma.

Gifted children often have social issues that are just as challenging -- and trickier to fix -- than educational issues.

Learn how you can help a perfectionist child and prevent meltdowns.

Here are some tricks to help a perfectionist child be a little less perfect.

Parents of picky eaters believe their children came into the world that way. Those whose children eat everything give themselves a big pat on the back. But who's right?

It's not "cool" to be fat, but that hasn't prevented today's obesity epidemic among American youth.

Find out when it's advisable to give a four-year-old vitamin supplements.

Learn what the long-term effects are when a young child is perfectionist.

A sudden onset of anxiety attacks usually has a specific cause that can be addressed.

Sometimes a child's nerves can set off health problems.

A child with ADD expends two the three times the energy in school as a typical child, and needs some downtime when he gets home.

How do you deal with a child who constantly convinces herself she's sick?

Young children who seem extremely depressed and fixated on death and dying need help.

Before giving a child any medicinal drug or herb, it's important to discuss the relative risks and benefits of it with the pediatrician.