For Healthier Kids (09)

Children’s Eating Disorders: What to Know, What to Avoid
This article discusses various types of eating disorders, with respect to children and teens with eating disorders. "Eating problems and disorders are more common in girls than boys, but people from all backgrounds and of all ages can suffer too, " the article says. "Eating problems and disorders are not just about food, they are about feelings." More links are provided for information about what friends and family can do to help a kid with an eating disorder, the benefit of in-patient units, and how kids can cope with an eating disorder.

Kids and Anger: How to Deal
Dealing with an angry child can be difficult for parents because it makes you exhausted and aggravated. Dealing with your child's anger includes first finding out what they feel. Ask them what's happened, what went wrong, or why they are feeling what they feel. They may be able to tell you very clearly, or they may not. But then you can try some of the tips here to help your child understand his or her feelings, and express them in a healthy and safe way.

What You can Do About Lactose Intolerance
There is not a treatment to improve the body’s ability to produce lactase, but symptoms of lactose intolerance and milk allergies can be treated with a proper diet, which can include ingesting lactase enzyme tablets before drinking milk or eating dairy products. This site also includes a section about how people with lactose intolerance can get their calcium and gives the recommended daily dietary allowance of calcium, and gives foods in which to find calcium that will not upset the digestive track of those with lactose intolerance.

Help for Teens: Stories, Information and Help
This site gives teens recovery stories so they can learn how other teens coped with drug and alcohol abuse. It also offers memorials of teens who died from drug and alcohol abuse. A section called Help for Teens gives teens advice about how to tell if a friend has a drug problem, how drug users can get help, how to talk to a friend about a drug problem, what to do if your friend has a drug problem, why people can’t handle drinking and drugs.