By Shannon Baumer-Mouradian MD, pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Wisconsin While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed much of 2020, one thing remains true — flu season is coming and getting … [Read more...]
How to Talk to Your Kids about Going Back to School
By Lakiesha Russell Child and family therapist at Children’s Wisconsin As a parent, you’ve probably been faced with the difficult decision regarding your child going back to school — whether … [Read more...]
Keeping Young Athletes Active and Engaged During COVID-19
By Matthew Myrvik, PhD Clinical Sport Psychologist, Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine, Children’s Wisconsin Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin For many kids and teens, … [Read more...]
How to get Kids to Wear a Mask
By Christen McAlpine-Tesfai Pediatrician, Good Hope Pediatrics With mask mandates in place in a lot of communities, parents may need a little help getting kids to jump on board, but with these … [Read more...]
The New Way COVID-19 Might Be Affecting Kids
By Joseph Block, MD Cardiologist, Children’s Wisconsin From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the main understandings was that it didn’t affect healthy kids as seriously as … [Read more...]
Common Reactions to COVID-19 in Children
By Emily Stone BS, CCLS, certified child life specialist, Children’s Wisconsin With all of the changes COVID-19 has brought to our daily lives, children in particular have a difficult time talking … [Read more...]
School-based Asthma Management Program implemented in Milwaukee, Kenosha
MILWAUKEE - Almost half of Wisconsin children with asthma have missed at least one day of school in the past year due to their asthma, according to the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin. In … [Read more...]
Time for Focus on Children’s Health
By Glenn Ellis George Curry Media Columnist Healthy lifestyles are learned at a young age. Like everything else, what you eat related to health, and it disproportionately impacts poor African- … [Read more...]
First Lady unveils ‘Let’s Move!’ Child Care to ensure healthy start for youngest children
Washington – After visiting children at CentroNía, a bilingual child care center in Washington, D.C., First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled Let’s Move! Child Care, a new effort to work with child care … [Read more...]
Wisconsin child care providers join the fight against childhood obesity
State program seeks to create foundation for physical activity in young children MADISON – Promoting physical activity to help prevent childhood obesity is the goal of a new grant awarded recently by … [Read more...]