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Healthy Children

Parenting philosophies aside, we can all agree that keeping our kids safe and healthy is priority No. 1. What’s likely not getting as much attention is your health, specifically your own mental and physical self-care (you know the saying about oxygen masks…).

 

NPN parents and experts have lots of advice and information about keeping everyone in the family healthy, whether you need help with nutrition, car seat safety, pediatrician visits, mental health concerns or just run-of-the-mill colds.


Featured articles

Your kid will hate some foods, and that's ok
It's your job to model healthy eating, it's their job to choose what to eat.
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Coat or no? Car seat safety during the cold winter months
A child passenger safety instructor from Lurie Children's Hospital offers practical tips on how you can buckle in your kids safely and quickly during winter.
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Discussions

Best type of home cardio exercise equipment

We are going to cancel our Y membership and buy a piece of home exercise equipment.  We have 2 adults and a teenager that would use it.  What have you found to be best piece of work out equipment for ...

Massage during covid?

Has anyone had a massage recently? If so, where (Midtown by chance?) and did you feel safe? I’m desperate but weighing the risks/benefits.  ...


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A pediatrician's guide to keeping your kids and community safe from flu and Covid-19

What do you do when your child has a fever? The sniffles? A Chicago pediatrician has these suggestions on managing flu season during Covid.

Anxious about the upcoming school year? Here's how to ease your child's fears—and yours.

Become a safe space for your child by bringing awareness to the uncomfortable feeling of uncertainty that we are all experiencing during the Covid pandemic.

Self-care during Covid: Creating your own pandemic slowdown

How one Chicago mom learned to appreciate the upsides of quarantining during the pandemic.

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