• Seizures
• Rapid heart beat
• Reduced consciousness
• Reye syndrome (from aspirin)
• Death

• Do not give cold medicines to children less than 4 years old.
• Only give cold medicines to children ages 4 to 6 years if your doctor recommends it.
• Do not give ibuprofen to children younger than 6 months unless directed by a doctor.
• Do not give aspirin if your child is younger than 12 to 14 years.

Everyone has issues with acne, but some people have several problems. Significant breakouts can lead to lasting problems like acne scars. 

There are several at-home options for treating acne. The best advice is to try cleaning your face twice a day with warm (not hot) water and a pH balanced cleanser. You can add over the counter products that contain benzoyl peroxide. 

If at-home remedies don’t work, call your family doctor. They might be able to prescribe a more advanced treatment for you, or refer you to a specialists. 

Taking away the iPad from your child might lead to a tantrum, but the long term effects of heavy technology use in children can cause serious problems: 

• Make it hard for your child to sleep at night
• Raise your child’s risk for attention problems, anxiety, and depression
• Raise your child’s risk for gaining too much weight (obesity)

Best practices are to do as follows: 

• Children Under 2: No Screen Time
• Children Two and Older: 1-to-2 hours per day

Despite what ads may say, videos that are aimed at very young children do not improve their development.

Having a child sick in the hospital is upsetting, both for you as the parent and for your other children. 

There are ways to prepare your children to visit with their ill sibling in the hospital. 

1. Ask your children if they would like to visit their ill sibling
2. Talk about the situation to prepare them. Hospital staff can help you find the words to explain the illness their sibling has. 
3. Show your children a photo of the room and their sibling receiving treatment to prepare them. Share with them that there will be medical equipment that looks intimidating and sometimes noises/beeps. Share these machines and noises are there to help their sibling get better. 
4. Find a group activity for your children to do together when they visit. Drawing, sharing stories or sharing home-made gifts can help. 

If any of your children want to visit their hospitalized sibling, they need to be well. Do not allow in any visitors with symptoms of an illness. 

Children will experience diarrhea. It isn’t fun for anyone. Diarrhea occurs when your child has more than three loose bowel movements in a day. 

Usually this symptoms is mild and only lasts a few days. 

If it lasts longer, it can be indicative of food intolerance or illness. Additionally, diarrhea can lead to dehydration. 

Call your doctor if your child has any of the following symptoms: 

• Much less activity than normal (not sitting up at all or not looking around)
• Sunken eyes
• Dry and sticky mouth
• No tears when crying
• Not urinated for 6 hours
• Blood or mucus in the stool
• Fever that does not go away
• Stomach pai

Children’s allergies can make life difficult. From not being able to play in the park to having to part ways with a family pet. 

If your son or daughter is experiencing allergies and you have scheduled a doctors visit, there are some questions you will want to ask. 

Here is a list of questions you can consider asking: 

• What tests can be done to determine the cause of the allergy?
• Does my child need allergy shots?
• What changes can I make around my home? 
• Are there any over-the-counter medicines we can take before we try advanced treatments?
• Is it allergies or asthma? 
• Do I need to share with my daycare or child’s school they have allergies? 

Don’t confuse outdoor allergens with food allergies or medical allergies. Some of these more serious allergies can cause breathing problems that need prompt medical treatment. 

Medical science has determined that concussions are a much bigger deal than we realized just a couple decades ago. The symptoms of a concussion are from your body healing head and brain trauma.

If you suspect your child has a concussion, call your doctor immediately. If your child has symptoms like nausea, loss of consciousness or difficulty breathing following a concussion, get emergency medical service. 

Sometimes symptoms from a concussion do not appear for several hours after the trauma. 

If your son or daughter needs emergency treatment, be sure to follow the doctors treatment plan. 

Healing from a concussion can take days to months, depending on the severity of the injury.  

Read more about concussions and treatments here.