Parenting Resources
The following guides and articles cover a range of health topics, with tips for parents, tips for kids and teens, recommended reading/viewing, and crisis resources put together by the pediatric experts at CHOC and Orange Docs of Kids. These guides are not meant to replace your child’s professional healthcare team, but rather, to supplement it by giving you helpful tips and tools all in one place.
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7 ways to encourage positive holiday eating habits in kids
A CHOC expert offers holiday tips like teaching the balance of enjoyment and nutrition, staying hydrated and getting creative with leftovers!
A.J., 16, courageously battles brain cancer
A.J. keeps defying the odds despite two relapses and illnesses that required him to twice go on hemodialysis and spend five weeks in CHOC’s PICU.
Can I take medications while breastfeeding?
Knowing what medications are safe to take while breastfeeding doesn’t have to be hard. A CHOC expert has advice and resources to get answers.
Walking pneumonia: What parents should know
With walking pneumonia cases on the rise, a CHOC pediatrician offers advice to parents about the common infection.
Community as medicine: How to build and benefit from community for your child and yourself
Get tips on building a community for yourself and your child.
Inpatient therapy proves to be key for getting patient to eat by mouth
Ein, now 6, sees great progress after intensive 19-day program, the only one of its kind on the West Coast.
