National Poll on Children’s Health

Toddlers

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Share your story: Cough & cold medicines for young kids

Cough & cold medicine for young kids: Upcoming report

Do you listen to your children’s doctor?

Parents: Will you give your kids OTC cough & cold meds to combat flu season?

Parents worry about losing their jobs when they stay home to care for sick kids

Upcoming report: How do working parents manage when kids get sick?

Car seat safety: Are your kids using the right safety restraints?

Childhood poisoning: many support single-dose packaging for medicines

Medicine-related poisoning in young children: Upcoming report

NPCH reports that kids in low-income families are drinking too much juice

Report

Parents ignore warning labels, give cough & cold meds to young kids

Just what the doctor ordered? Not for many parents

Sick kids, struggling parents

Easy-access medicines a poisoning risk for kids at home

Too much of a good thing? Kids in low-income families drink more juice than recommended

Many parents not using booster seats, unaware of state laws for kids 4-8 years old

Speak or spank? More parents choose reasoning than physical discipline

Many young children off to a poor start with dental health

Few parents enforce shower-before-pool rules that prevent illness from water parks

Despite warnings, parents continue to use cough & cold medicines for young kids