Hepatitis A usually lasts several weeks, but prolonged or relapsing disease can last as long as 6 months.

Meningitis is a disease that is passed from person to person in close contact with mouth and nasal secretions.

Avoiding drugs is a lesson all children should learn. Those in younger grades need only the basics.

A mother wants to know how to explain sex to her five-year-old in a way that's appropriate to her age.

An expert explains why punishing a child for refusing to sleep in his own bedroom will not change his behavior.

The desire not to bring your kids sadness on Christmas is understandable, but it is more harmful to ignore their loss.

The best treatment for eczema is to control the environmental things that irritate the disease, such as avoiding contact with things known to trigger itching and scratching.

Should a child with special needs attend a particular type of kindergarten program?

Taking away recess as punishment often causes more problems than it solves.

A parent who encourages her child's curiosity, values his opinions, offers him choices, and gives him her attention is not being "too indulgent."

A teacher wonders how to work with a child with selective mutism.

These days, elementary-school-age children have traded in their early childhood fears of nightmare monsters for terrifying real life fears. Learn how to talk with kids about violence and tragedy, such as school shootings.

Some thumb sucking is common with a third or more of preschool children, and an even smaller percentage of early elementary-aged children.

Learn the next steps after initial LD testing.

Help your shy child get involved in social activities and open lines of communication with the teacher.

Low self-esteem can begin in kindergarten, when many kids start comparing themselves to their classmates on all fronts.

A parent seeks advice on how to help her son deal with bullies.

At age three, kids are notorious for being picky or even refusing to eat.