Posted on March 27, 2018 · Leave a Comment
In this week’s Child Health News: Childhood Obesity Rates Are At Their Highest Since 1999 http://n.pr/2pmK5OW
Welcome to Pediatric Safety’s weekly “Child Health & Safety News Roundup”- a recap of the past week’s child health and safety news headlines from around the world. Each day we use social media to communicate relevant and timely health and safety information to the parents, medical professionals and caregivers who follow us. Occasionally we overlook something, but overall we think we’re doing a pretty good job of keeping you informed. Still, quite a bit happens every day – so to make sure you don’t miss anything, we offer you a recap of this week’s top 20 events & stories
- How to Help Your Child Stop Sucking Her Thumb http://bit.ly/2INUfB4 2018-3-25
- Parents Need to Take Extra Precaution When Dropping Their Kids Off at School http://bit.ly/2HTvbHF 2018-3-24
- In wake of Ariel’s disappearance, Quebec network shares tips to keep kids safe http://bit.ly/2ILUaOg 2018-3-24
- University Health Pediatric Patients and LSU Doctors switch roles for National Child Life Month http://bit.ly/2pCOg9H 2018-3-24
- My Child’s Behavior Is Out of Control. Now What? http://u.org/2HYj386 2018-3-23
PedSafe Child Health & Safety News Headline of the Week:
Teen suicide is soaring. Do spotty mental health and addiction treatment share blame?
https://usat.ly/2HNXNC8
- Seventeen children injured when 8-year-old student uses pepper spray at school assembly http://bit.ly/2pvUyYA 2018-3-23
- What I Learned Arguing With an 8-Year-Old http://bit.ly/2GIBOgG 2018-3-23
- Hospitalization, PICU admissions increasing for pediatric opioid ingestions http://bit.ly/2pxvTCN 2018-3-23
- A Wrinkle in Time is Tomorrow morning at AMC: http://bit.ly/2Ijj8Ve 2018-3-23
- Can FLOTUS Address Online Hate Without Using the C-Word? http://bit.ly/2u5vD3r 2018-3-22
- Here Is Why Toddlers Hit Themselves (And When You Should Be Concerned) http://bit.ly/2DHpZEt 2018-3-22
- When your child’s first food allergy reaction takes place in the air…mid-flight?? http://bit.ly/2FZL12L 2018-3-22
- Code Adam…Because You Don’t Have Eyes in the Back of Your Head – Thurs Time Capsule 02/11 http://bit.ly/2u3hyn3 2018-3-22
- Why Staying Together for the Kids Could Hurt Your Child’s Mental Health http://bit.ly/2u4ESky 2018-3-21
- What is Strep and How Can it Affect Your Family? http://bit.ly/2tYbNY7 2018-3-21
- Electronic device screen time may affect mental health of school-aged youths including social phobia and depressive symptoms http://bit.ly/2u39pPv 2018-3-21
- New York’s only freestanding pediatric health facility completed on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus http://bit.ly/2GKrmoG 2018-3-20
- 7 Ways to Deal With Moms That Bully Other Moms http://bit.ly/2pohppL 2018-3-20
- Soaring child suicide rates sparks launch of app that controls harmful content on mobiles http://bit.ly/2Iy74zz 2018-3-20
- “Reach Every Mother and Child Act (S.1730) proposes the USAID target existing funding towards maternal and child health” http://bit.ly/2FNdddd 2018-3-19
- New online resource helps military families deal with child mental health issues http://bit.ly/2FK6ZLe 2018-3-19
