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These ten tips can help family caregivers deal with the emotional and practical sides of caregiving. ... Details >

National Family Caregivers Association  

Read this article to learn about the physical, psychological and sexual development of teens. Tips for parents in dealing with common conflicts between parents and teens are included as well.... Details >

National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

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This article provides some tips from experts in the field of sex education on talking with young people about sexuality.... Details >

Advocates For Youth  

This document lists the many benefits of a healthy marriage for children and youth, women, men, and communities. ... Details >

Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Here are a few tips to help you communicate with your teen.... Details >

The Nemours Foundation  

The Community Services Locator is designed to help service providers and families find available national, state, and local resources that can address child and family needs. ... Details >

Maternal and Child Health Library  

Learn how to listen and talk to your child for effective communication.... Details >

American Academy of Pediatrics  

Use these resources to learn more about how a mother's or dad's drinking or drug problem can affect you, and how to cope with the problem and your feelings about it.... Details >

Center on Addiction and the Family  

If you're a professional serving children, youth and families or a parent with your own children, find high quality, research-based youth and family resources from the Nation's Leading Universities ... Details >

National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted or is in an abusive relationship, there are things to consider when thinking about safety. Read these suggestions that may be helpful.... Details >

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network  

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The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has developed this booklet to help you avoid having to leave your animals stranded in the event of a disaster or an evacuation. These practical, easy... Details >

American Veterinary Medical Association  

If someone else's drinking is causing you a problem, that's too much. This includes drinking too much liquor, beer, wine or wine coolers. Read on to learn more about addiction.... Details >

Center on Addiction and the Family  

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Facts for Families provide up-to-date information on child and adolescent development and issues concerning the behavioral, mental or developmental disorders that may affect them, including adoption, ... Details >

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  

This guide will help you talk to your family about kidney disease and its connection to diabetes and high blood pressure, two leading causes of kidney failure which affects African Americans more than... Details >

National Kidney Disease Education Program

Find a Federally-funded health center near you for low-cost care based on your income. ... Details >

Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration

This site features articles and tools on healthy dating, building relationships in the community, helping your daughter deal with divorce, and tips for handling relationship issues with siblings.... Details >

Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Too much screen time can have unhealthy side effects on your child. Learn why it's wise to monitor and limit the time your child spends playing video games, watching TV, and playing games on the Inter... Details >

The Nemours Foundation  

This page from the National Consumers League links to health resources, including research, publications, and press releases.... Details >

National Consumers League  

The ten-question HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR HOME? quiz is designed to assess how your family is doing with each of the five pillars of a healthy family home: eat healthy, play every day, get together, go out... Details >

YMCA of the USA  

This article discusses the plight of immigrant women in violent relationships and the objectives of the Family Violence Prevention Fund's (FVPF) Battered Immigrant Women's Rights Project, founded in 1... Details >

Futures Without Violence   

This guide is intended to improve communications between family caregivers and health care professionals, especially physicians. ... Details >

National Family Caregivers Association  

Are you feeling jealous of all the attention the new baby is getting? This article will help you cope with your feelings and learn the good things about having a new baby in the family.... Details >

The Nemours Foundation  

Use this calendar to track what your family did this week to increase physical activity and eat healthy. ... Details >

The White House

Engaging in physical activity as a family can be a fun way to get everyone moving. Here are a few activities and steps that you and your family can consider to get started on a path to a healthier lif... Details >

The White House

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Talking with your health care worker about your family health history can help you stay healthy! The My Family Health Portrait is a tool you can use to enter, print, and confidentially share your fami... Details >

Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Learn what can happen during a pandemic outbreak and actions to take to help lessen the impact of an influenza pandemic on individuals and families. This checklist helps to gather the information and ... Details >

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Preventive services such as screenings, immunizations, and advice from your doctor are available to help you stay healthy. Find out which preventive services are right for you.... Details >

American Academy of Family Physicians  

An index of fact sheets and other resources designed to provide concise and up-to-date information on issues that effect children, teenagers, and their families. ... Details >

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  

Find referrals here to organizations and programs that provide respite care for those needing a break from their caregiving responsibilities.... Details >

National Family Caregivers Association  

Also available in: Spanish 

Learn about the rules and consequences critical to negotiating your way through the teen years and how they may change as your teen's needs (and desires) develop.... Details >

Child Welfare Information Gateway

This article provides information about domestic violence toward spouses and partners, including basic facts, types of abuse, help to understand both victims and abusers, and suggestions as to how you... Details >

National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence  

Find programs offering families, parents, teens, and children support and resources to help them handle challenges and demands posed by the illness of a parent. ... Details >

Institute for Family-Centered Care  

Learn about the warning signs and excuses for dating violence so you can help teens develop healthy relationship attitudes and behaviors.... Details >

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Tips for parents and teens on how to recognize the potential for violence and abuse in a teen dating relationship early, and what to do if a relationship turns violent.... Details >

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This document provides tips for a healthy life, including being smoke-free, having routine exams and screenings, getting appropriate vaccinations, and managing stress.... Details >

Office of Women's Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Nemours Foundation provides some commonsense guidelines to make the adjustment to divorce a bit easier and the process less painful for kids.... Details >

The Nemours Foundation  

Many parents in recovery agonize over what to tell their children about why they are not living together, or about how to explain things that happened in the past when the parent was using drugs or al... Details >

Center on Addiction and the Family  

If your brother or sister has cancer, this booklet is for you. In it, you will find ideas and resources that have helped other teens facing similar challenges in their families.... Details >

National Cancer Institute

If your mom, dad, or an adult close to you has cancer, this booklet can help prepare you for some of the things you might face. It can also help you learn to handle living with a parent or relative wh... Details >

National Cancer Institute

The YMCA offers memberships and respite child care services to eligible military families and personnel to give them extra support during deployment.... Details >

YMCA of the USA