Inviting friends over to play at her Long Island, NY, home is one of Bethany Spencer's* favorite things to do. But when two girls visited on a recent Saturday, Bethany, 7, was uncharacteristically out of sorts. It started when she hid a headband inside her house and challenged her friends to find it. When her pals started searching close to Bethany's room, her mom saw her tense up. "Don't look in those two drawers under my bed," Bethany anxiously ordered. "It's not in there. Nothing's in there."

Don't assume just because essential oils are naturally derived they can't cause your child serious harm.Natural remedies are increasingly popular for helping with a variety of maladies, from allergies to depression. But according to a Tennessee poison center, kids are more at risk than ever for accidental poisoning from essential oils used in these treatments, either by ingestion or improper dosing.

Here's yet another reason to teach kids to wash their hands well and often: it can help prevent the spread of hand, foot, and mouth (HFM) disease. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common contagious illness caused by viruses from the enterovirus family, most commonly the coxsackievirus.

Childhood may be a critical period for creating body weight patterns… Study found stress during childhood may be even a bigger culprit to weight gain later in life than stress in adulthood - but only for women… 

How to sooth your babies? This 10 methods may be good for you.