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Category: teens
American Academy of Pediatrics reports: Kids are addicted to opioids, too
Last week I made a decision that could have altered the course of my child’s life. As my 13-year-old was waking up in the hospital recovery room from an outpatient procedure, I was offered the …
Skip the tattoos and piercings, kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics offers this advice to its pediatricians: Warn teens about the dangers of tattoos, piercings and scarification (that’s creating scars in a design).
A report out Monday does acknowledge that most …
Taking a child to college this month? Read this
The days are long, the years are short.
No parent knows this more than the one who is in a packed car right now, taking their child to college for the first time. Wasn’t it just …
Want to prevent Type 2 diabetes in your child? Follow these CDC tips
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention want parents to think about Type 2 Diabetes, that’s what used to be called adult-onset diabetes. It almost never happened to kids or teens, instead kids would get …
Mayim Bialik, Marie Lu coming to Texas Teen Book Festival in October
Who is ready to see America’s favorite actress/author/girl nerd or the author of “The Young Elites” and “Legends” series? Mayim Bialik (which parents will remember from “Blossom” and kids know as Sheldon Cooper’s girlfriend in …
10 things to do with kids before school starts to make them smarter (or at least avoid summer brain drain)
My kids might be becoming less and less intelligent with each second this summer. They’ve been doing a lot of mindless YouTube watching. Pick up a book? Are you kidding, Mom? Go out and play? …
Taking ADHD medicines can curb future alcohol abuse, drug addiction, study finds
A new study out of Indiana University studied the health care claims of 2,993,887 adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from 2005 to 2014. It looked at whether there were claims for substance-related events …
Should movies that show smoking get an automatic R rating?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study last week that showed that 1 out of 4 movies rated G, PG or PG-13 showed someone smoking in them, though most incidents happened …
Do you have a teen that loves art? Contemporary Austin looking for teen council members
If you have a teen that loves art, loves to talk art, loves to make art, Contemporary Austin museum is looking for them. It is accepting applications for the Teen Council Arts Leadership Program for …
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