Parenting Resources
The following guides and articles cover a range of health topics, with tips for parents, tips for kids and teens, recommended reading/viewing, and crisis resources put together by the pediatric experts at CHOC. These guides are not meant to replace your child’s professional healthcare team, but rather, to supplement it by giving you helpful tips and tools all in one place.
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Being there for a child or teen with depression
Depression can be a common mental health risk for kids and teens. Learn how to support them as an adult with advice from a CHOC expert.

Diet trends and kids: Are they safe? Are they healthy?
A CHOC dietitian provides expert advice for parents about popular diet trends, and which ones are safe and healthy for kids and teens.

How to prepare your teen to manage their own medical care
An expert from the Adolescent to Adult Bridge (A2B) program at CHOC helps parents transition their teens from a pediatric to adult doctor.

Asthma and kids: What parents should know
A CHOC expert offers advice for asthma signs, treatment for asthma and how kids with asthma can exercise and play sports.

A parent’s ultimate guide to periods
A CHOC expert discusses what to expect from their preteen or teen’s period, answers questions and gives advice about menstruation.

An ultimate guide to avoiding indoor triggers for kids with asthma and allergies
A CHOC expert offers a guide to common indoor allergy triggers and prevention techniques including information on humidifiers and air filters.