It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the news these days, however your children may be paying the price for your anxiety. If you feel like your child is being effected by current events or even your reaction to them, check out these tips on how to calm your anxiety and what to look for if you think your child is showing signs of anxiety… Click here to read the full article
Alternative to “No!” (Ages 2 to 4) An excellent article from Baby Center discussing the ways that parents and educators can take a positive approach to learning and discipline. The London Day School supports taking a positive approach to discipline. A positive approach enables children to learn about boundaries and stay safe, while giving them a sense of self and the respect that children need to build self-esteem and confidence.
http://www.babycenter.com/0_alternatives-to-no-ages-2-to-4_65531.bc
It’s a common complaint, “Mom, my throat hurts.”
But how do parents know if it’s simply a virus or something more, like strep throat?
“Group A streptococcus, or strep throat, is the cause of a sore throat in about three out of every 10 children,” says Josephine Dlugopolski-Gach, pediatrician at Loyola University Health System. “The difficult part is that strep doesn’t always present in the same way and some strep carriers are asymptomatic.”
Many schools are seeing outbreaks of strep throat. Some students are even being infected multiple times because “you don’t become immune to this infection so you can get it over and over again,” Dlugopolski-Gach says.
If your child is sick, it is important to keep them at home.
“If they are diagnosed with strep a child needs to be on an antibiotic and without a fever for 24 hours before going back to school,” Dlugopolski-Gach says.
Some common symptoms of strep throat include:
Other possible symptoms are:
It’s unlikely that your child will get all of these symptoms. Dluglopolski-Gach says one good indicator that they may have strep is if they have recently come into contact with someone with strep, but the only way to know for sure is to visit your doctor.
“A simple test in the office is all that is needed to determine if the infection is viral or strep throat,” says Dluglopolski-Gach.
Jackie is the digital content manager at Chicago Parent. She lives in Chicago with her daughter and husband.