It’s Eastertime and that means children are looking forward to dying Easter eggs. While it’s easy to hop on over to your local store to pick up a package of artificial dyes, it’s even more fun to make your own out of natural ingredients. You might even spark an interest in a new vegetable your…
I met him on hospital day 79. There he was — a toddler who was in his third month in the pediatric intensive care unit at Norton Children’s Hospital. He required a life-saving operation to remove part of his skull and put in a tube to drain fluid from his swollen brain. The poor child…
It was the middle of the night when Leslie Peak and another nurse descended on a young toddler’s hospital room. They were on a mission at the request of her parents: change the baby’s diaper without waking her up. Reminiscent of a team of Navy Seals on a top-secret mission, Peak and her colleague cracked…
Knowing what to say when a child has cancer can be difficult. Even if you don’t know what to say — say something. What the family needs most is support. Sometimes a simple text message or email can make all the difference. We asked a mom who has been through it not once, but twice,…
Let’s face it — we all like to be liked. This is precisely what makes social media so addictive. The more likes we get, the better we feel. The better we feel, the more likes we want! But when does worrying about “likes” become worrisome? In discussing this issue with several mothers of teens, I…
Rebecca “Becca” Campbell couldn’t wait to celebrate her 13th birthday. She had big plans to celebrate. After all, she had just won the fight against stage 4 ovarian cancer. Becca’s birthday celebration quickly became less about her and more about how she could give back to other young people who are now battling for their…
Warmer weather and budding trees mean spring break is just around the corner! This much-anticipated respite from school is a great time to relax and sleep in, but after a day or two you might start to hear the dreaded “B” word — “I’m bored.” Children and teens thrive on structure, so give them what…
Kinsey Morrison’s dream job is Supreme Court justice or U.S. attorney general. Talk a bit with this 20-year-old Stanford University student who is majoring in international relations and looking ahead to law school, and you can easily see her in either role. By her 15th birthday, Morrison, a resident of Goshen, Kentucky, had survived three…
It’s not uncommon for a wild child to turn into a couch potato teen, but a new study finds the slowdown in activity happens long before the onset of puberty. The British Journal of Sports Medicine reports that sedentary behaviors start to develop at the ripe old age of 7. The researchers studied 400 kids…
Chili’s Clip for KidsTM has announced the 2017 honorary chair, Aiden Johnson. Johnson, a 12-year-old who courageously fought cancer not once, but twice, is an avid philanthropist, a master at assembling Legos and a super hero for his peers fighting cancer. Aiden was initially diagnosed with cancer when he was just 3 years old. He…
Your toddler is cranky and not her usual sweet self. She’s had her nap, so she can’t be tired. Suddenly she tugs at her ear and you think, “Oh, no, not another ear infection. Why is this happening again?” Ear infections are caused by bacteria or viruses entering the middle ear through the eustachian tube….
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