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Development Tips

• For information on talking with kids - from infants to tweens, visit this page of the PBS Parents website.
  
  
• For information on choosing good books for your child, visit this page of the Reading is Fundamental website.
  
  
• For information on helping your child learn through play from Zero to Three, click here.
  
  
• Click here to learn about toilet training and bedwetting.
  http://www.medem.com/medlb/articleslb.cfm?sub_cat=109
  
  
• Click on this link to get tips on “Brain Based Parenting” from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=498
  
  
• Find out about the impact of music on a child’s development at http://www.zerotothree.org/music/.

 

Health and Safety Tips

• The American Academy of Pediatrics has information on choosing an insect repellent for your child.
  
  
• Click here for information on "Common Colds, Common Myths, Common Sense".
  
  
• For Spring Break safety tips, please go to this page of the American Academy of Pediatrics:
  http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/decwintertips.htm
  
  
• For winter safety tips, please go to this page of the American Academy of Pediatrics:
  http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/decwintertips.htm
  
  
• Find Holiday Safety Tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics at: http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/dectips.htm
  
  
• For information on helping children cope with stressful events such as natural disasters, go to http://zerotothree.org/coping/
  
  
• To find information on swimming safety – from water-related illnesses to injury prevention - visit this page of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8016eb51
  
  
• Click here to view tips from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on how to keep your child healthy and safe during Summer activities. http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?ID=483
  
  
• Get ideas on how to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your child’s diet – including recipes – on the CDC’s “5 a Day” Campaign website.
  
  
• Get information about performing first aid and CPR on infants and children on the American Red Cross’s website http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/.
  
  
• Find tips about car safety seats at "Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families by the American Academy of Pediatrics 2004".
  
  
• Find tips on keeping kids healthy during cold and flu season. Learn more about how to treat a cold or flu and how to prevent the spread of infection.