Pediatrics: Most Popular Articles

Height Predictor - How tall will your kids be?
Parents often have questions about how tall their kids will be. To predict your child's future height based on his genetic potential (which is based on his parent's midparental height), fill in the following form with the height of each of the child's birth parents.

Ideal Body Weight Calculator for Kids and Adults
Parents often wonder if their children are overweight, underweight or just right. Using our ideal body weight calculator, you can figure out if your child is at an appropriate weight for his or her height. The ideal body weight calculator also works for adults!

Symptoms of Diabetes Screening Quiz
Does your child have any symptoms of diabetes? Try our symptoms of diabetes screening quiz.

Autism Screening Quiz
Does your child have any signs or symptoms of autism? Try our autism screening quiz to find out if your child needs further evaluation for autism or other communication disorder.

Teen Quiz - Am I Fat?
Using our Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz, we will hopefully convince teens who are at a healthy weight that they are not overweight so that they do not develop an eating disorder.

BMI Calculator
Using our body mass index calculator, you can figure out if your child is at an appropriate weight for his or her height. The BMI calculator also works for adults!

Sunscreen Myths
Review common myths and facts about sunscreen, such as whether or not you can get a sunburn on a cloudy day or when you are in the shade.

Children's Growth Chart Percentiles Calculator
Enter your child's weight and age and see what percentile they are on the US growth charts:

percentiles calculator
These percentile calculators can help you see where your kids are on the growth charts and how they are growing compared to other children.

Kids Height Predictors
Our height predictors can give you a pretty good idea of what your child's future height will be.

Becoming A Pediatrician Quiz
Do you want to become a Pediatrician? Take our Becoming a Pediatrician Quiz to see if you have done your homework and know everything you should about becoming a doctor and a career in Pediatrics.

Symptoms of Brain Tumor Screening Quiz
Does your child have any symptoms of a brain tumor? Try our symptoms of brain tumors screening quiz.

Height Weight Charts for your Kids
Use our growth charts, which include weight, length for boys and girls from birth to 36 months, and weight, height and body mass index for older children.

Teen Pregnancy Screening Quiz - Learn about Early Pregnancy Symptoms
A screening quiz to see if your teen has any of the early symptoms of being pregnant.

Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy, Poison Oak and/or Poison Sumac will cause an allergic reaction in most people. Urushiol is a chemical in these plants that causes the blisters and itchy rash. Learn to prevent and control reactions and common treatments.

Iron Rich Foods
Review this list of iron rich foods so that you can give your kids at least two or three foods that have a lot of iron in them each day and avoid iron deficiency anemia.

STD Symptoms
Review the symptoms of common STDs, like chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhea, and syphilis.

Calorie Calculator - How many calories do you need each day?
Our Calorie Calculator will help you determine how many calories that you and your kids need each day.

Potty Training Readiness Quiz
Potty training is an important milestone that almost all children learn. Unfortunately, it can sometimes cause a lot of distress for families, especially if they begin potty training before their child is ready. Take our quiz to see if your child is ready to start potty training.

Tylenol (Acetaminophen) Dosage Calculator
This Tylenol Dosage Calculator can help you to find the dose of Tylenol for your child when he has pain or a fever and help to avoid overdosages and underdosages when giving your kids medicine.

Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz Results
Here are the results of your Teen 'Am I Fat?' Quiz, whose main goal is to hopefully convince teens who are at a healthy weight that they are not overweight so that they do not develop an eating disorder.

Stranger Danger Quiz - Can your kids recognize strangers?
Using our Stranger Danger Quiz, you can test your kids to see if they know how to recognize strangers. Will they just choose people who look mean or strange? Or will they recognize that a stranger is anyone that they don't know?

Baby Gender Prediction
Learn how you can predict the gender of your baby and tell if you are having a boy or girl.

Ringworm Picture
Review a picture of a child with ringworm.

Height Comparison Calculator
This Height Comparison Calculator makes it easy to see how your child's predicted height compares to everyone else (or enter your own height to see how your compare to the average adult).

Chiggers
Review how to avoid chiggers and treat chigger bites, which are common in late spring, summer, and early fall.

Spoiled Brat Screening Quiz
A screening quiz to see if you or someone you know is raising a spoiled brat.

Controlling Indoor Allergies
Although some kids with allergies only have seasonal allergies, for example, having allergy symptoms when pollen, grass, or mold counts are high in the fall or spring, many others have year round allergies. Learn how to protect them from dust mites, mold, animal dander, and other indoor allergens inside your home.

Head Lice Nits Picture
An out of focus picture of a nit, or head lice egg, with a caption and red circle around the nit to make identification easy.

Growth Chart: Boys Two to Twenty Years
Growth Charts - Boys Two to Twenty Years. Track your toddlers, school age children and adolescents height and weight percentiles and growth curves on these full color growth charts.

Seasonal Allergy Screening Quiz - Do you have symptoms of seasonal allergies?
A seasonal allergy screening quiz to see if your kids have symptoms of seasonal allergies, including a runny nose, itchy eyes, and sneezing, during the Spring.

Heat Rash
Learn about the symptoms, prevention, and treatment for babies and children with heat rash or prickly heat.

Growth Chart: Girls Body Mass Index (BMI)
Growth Charts - girls body mass index (bmi). Track your toddlers, school age children and adolescents bmi percentiles and growth curves on these full color growth charts.

Poison Oak on a Cedar Tree
Poison Oak in bud, growing on a cedar tree

Kid's Height Calculator - Two Years Times Two Method
Parents often have questions about how tall their kids will be. To predict your child's future height based on his genetic potential (which is based on his parent's midparental height), fill in the following form with the height of each of the child's birth parents.

Staph Infections
Learn to identify and treat common skin infections caused by the staph bacteria, including impetigo and abscesses.

Interview with a Pediatrician
An interview with a pediatrician for students interested in a job in pediatrics, including what it is like being a pediatrician.

Growth Chart: Girls Two to Twenty Years
Growth Charts - Girls Two to Twenty Years. Track your toddlers, school age children and adolescents height and weight percentiles and growth curves on these full color growth charts.

Growth Chart: Boys Birth to 36 months
Growth Charts - Boys birth to 36 months. Track your infants and toddlers height and weight percentiles and growth curve on these full color growth charts.

Pediatric Problem Solver - Find Medical and Parenting Advice and Information
Use our parenting problem solver to help find medical and parenting advice and information.

Protein Rich Foods
Review common protein rich foods that your kids may be eating and learn if your children are getting enough protein in their diet.

Symptom Checker Results
Here are the results of our Medical Symptom Checker to help you figure out what is causing your child's medical symptoms.

Teen Depression Screening Quiz - Are your kids depressed?
A depressed screening quiz to see if your kids or teenager is depressed.

Medical Symptom Checker - Figure Out What Is Causing Your Child's Symptoms
A medical symptom checker to help you figure out what is wrong with your child. Common symptoms that you can review include ear pain, fever, diarrhea, cough, wheezing, etc.

Calcium Rich Foods
Understanding which foods are high in calcium can help you make sure that you are encouraging your kids to get enough calcium in their diet by choosing calcium rich foods, such as milk, cheese, and yogurt.

Aderol, Aderall or Aderal f...
Common misspellings for Adderall and Adderall XR, ADHD medicines for kids, include Aderol, Aderall and Aderal.

Average Height Man
Statistics for the average height of an adult man in the United States.

Signs of Autism
Learn more about the early signs of autism and what you should do when you have concerns about your child's development.

Live Louse on Hair
A picture of a live head louse on a girl's head, with a red circle around the louse and a caption to make identification easy.

Pedi Career
Review the main things that you should consider when thinking about a career in medicine and Pediatrics.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Quiz - Do your kids have symptoms of OSA?
An obstructive sleep apnea screening quiz to see if your kids have symptoms of OSA, such as loud snoring, headaches, and behavior problems.

Night Terrors
Night terrors are common in younger children, who may 'wake' up screaming and crying and are inconsolable as you try to comfort them.

Summer Safety Quiz
A quiz to test your knowledge of summer safety, including using sunscreen, insect repellents, water and fireworks safety.

Your Child's Predicted Height - Two Years Times Two Method
Parents often have questions about how tall their kids will be. To predict your child's future height based on his genetic potential (which is based on his parent's midparental height), fill in the following form with the height of each of the child's birth parents.

Average Height Woman
Statistics for the average height of an adult woman in the United States.

Child Abuse Statistics
Learn about child abuse statistics, including how many cases of suspected child abuse are reported each week and where the reports come from.

Meningitis
Menenitis, menigitis, menangitis and menningitis are all common misspellings for meningitis.

Infant Feeding Guidelines
Review these infant feeding guidelines so that you know how much formula and solid foods your baby should be eating and drinking.

Measles Picture
Review a picture of the characteristic red blotchy rash on a child with measles.

Thrush
Thrush is a common infection that causes white patches inside a child's mouth. Learn about treating and preventing this common yeast infection.

New Baby Parenting Quiz
Are you ready to care for your new baby? Take our New Baby Parenting Quiz to see if you know everything you should to take care of your new baby.

Learning Disability Screening Quiz
Does your child have a learning disability? Try our learning disability screening quiz to see if your child has unexpected problems learning to read, write, listen, speak, or do math, and needs testing for a learning disability.

Puberty Quiz
People often think that puberty is a confusing and stressful time as they go through this stage of life as a child. Unfortunately, it sometimes isn't any less confusing or stressful when it is time to go through it again with your own kids. Take our Puberty quiz to see if you are ready for puberty.

Croup
Croup is a common childhood illness that causes a croupy cough that sounds like a barking seal, stridor and difficulty breathing. Learn the signs, symtoms and common treatments for croup so that you know what to do if your child wakes up barking.

Growth Chart: Boys Body Mass Index (BMI)
Growth Charts - Boys body mass index (bmi). Track your toddlers, school age children and adolescents bmi percentiles and growth curves on these full color growth charts.

Head Lice
A picture of a head louse on the head of a young child with an infestation with live head lice.

Growth Chart: Girls Birth to 36 months
Growth Charts - Girls birth to 36 months. Track your infants and toddlers height and weight percentiles and growth curve on these full color growth charts.

Shingles
Learn if you can catch chickenpox from a person with shingles.

BRAT Diet
Although starting a BRAT diet, bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast, is popular among parents when their kids have diarrhea, it is important to remember that it is usually not necessary.

Understanding Growth Charts
Growth charts are an important way to monitor your child's growth. This guide should provide you with all of the information you need to use the growth charts to follow how well your child is growing.

Pill Identification
Review how to identify pills that you might find in your teen's pockets, especially if you suspect that they might be abusing drugs.

Yeast Diaper Rash Picture
Review this picture of a baby with a yeast diaper rash.

Postpartum Depression Screening Quiz
A screening quiz to see if you or someone you know has any of the signs or symptoms of postpartum depression.

Poison Ivy Rash
A picture of the classic rash of poison ivy on a child's arm.

Adult Head Louse
A picture of an adult head louse.

Head Louse Close-Up Picture
A close-up picture of a live head louse, which can help you to identify head lice on your child's hair during a lice infestation.

Head Lice Home Remedies
Review the symptoms of head lice infestations and get information about some of the natural remedies and home remedies for treating head lice.

Baby Food
Review the ages, stages, and steps, at which your baby can eat each type of baby food.

Parenting Styles
Review the three main styles of parenting, including parents who are authoritarian, permissive, or authoritative.

Poison Oak Rash
The blistering rash that you can get after having contact with poison oak.

Head Lice Life Cycle Stages
Review the three stages of the head lice life cycle, including the egg or nit, nymph, and adult louse, as compared to the size of a penny for scale.

Food Allergy Screening Quiz - Do you have symptoms of food allergies?
A food allergy screening quiz to see if your kids have symptoms of food allergies.

Children's Sleep Quiz
Take our children's sleep quiz to see if your kids are getting a good night's sleep.

Cold vs. Flu Screening Quiz
Do you have the flu or just a simple cold? Take our cold vs. flu screening quiz to find out.

Insect Bite
Insect bites can be scary for parents, since even a 'normal' reaction to an insect bite, as shown in this picture, can include redness, swelling, and warm skin.

Eating Disorders Screening Quiz -Do your kids have an eating disorder?
An eating disorder screening quiz to see if your children and teens might have symptoms of an eating disorder, like anorexia or bulimia.

Down Syndrome
Review some of the causes of Down syndrome, including advanced maternal age.

Head Lice Treatments
Learn the basics of diagnosing and treating kids with head lice infestations.

Terrible Twos Countdown Calculator
Our Terrible Twos Countdown Calculator can help you figure out when your toddler's tantrums and quick mood changes might end.

Constipation Treatment Guide
Constipation, the passage of hard, painful and infrequent stools, is common in children. Learn how to prevent and treat constipation by increasing fluids and fiber in their diet, avoiding constipating foods and using stool softeners, in this constipation treatment guide.

Baby Formula Choices
Which baby formula for your infant will meet all of his nutritional requirements?

High Fiber Foods
Review these lists of high fiber foods to find healthy foods for your child, and learn which foods are good sources of fiber, including many fruits, vegetables, legumes (beans), breads, and cereals.

Teething
Parents often think that their baby's are teething when they begin drooling and putting their fingers in their mouth when they are around three or four months old. Review more classic teething symptoms and learn what you should do if you think your baby is teething.

Pityriasis Rosea
Pityriasis rosea is often confused with ringworm because it typically begins with a large scaly herald patch that actually does look like a ringworm.

Adult Male Head Louse
A picture of an adult louse, which is likely a male, since it is a little skinnier than typical female head lice.

Years of School
Review how many years of school, including college, medical school, and a residency program, that you must finish to become a Pediatrician.

Head Louse Picture
A picture of a head louse.

Yeast Diaper Rash
You should suspect a yeast diaper rash, as shown in this picture, when your baby's regular diaper rash just isn't getting better and then becomes bright red, with red bumps (satellite lesions) around the genital area.

Head Louse
A picture of a head louse near a hair to show scale and so you can see how big head lice really are.

Baby Names Popularity
Our Baby Names Popularity Script can help you discover how popular a baby name has been over the past 100 years.

Ringworm
Ringworm is usually a mild fungal infection of the skin that causes a red circular lesion with a scaly border.

Adderall XR
Adderall and Adderall XR are commonly used stimulants for the treatment of ADHD in children.

Average Weight Man
Statistics for the average weight of an adult man in the United States.

First Aid for Children Quiz
A quiz to test your knowledge of what to do if your child gets hurt or need first aid.

Milk Quiz
Do your kids drink enough milk? If they don't, they may not be getting enough calcium and Vitamin D. Take our Milk Quiz to see if you know as much about milk as you should to help make sure your kids are getting enough of the right kinds of milk each day.

Average Weight Woman
Statistics for the average weight of an adult woman in the United States.

Food Labels
Learn how to read food labels so that you can choose foods that will provide your family with a nutritious and balanced diet.

Calories Per Pound of Fat
Understanding how many calories it takes to gain a pound of fat can help you understand how your kids become overweight so quickly.

Ticks
Learn how to check your kids for ticks and how to remove a tick before it cause a serious infection, like Lyme disease.

ADHD Symptom Quiz - Does your child have ADHD?
Does your child have ADHD? Use our symptom checklist to see if your child has symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Symptoms of Chicken Pox
Review the symptoms of chicken pox, a viral infection that is becoming less common because most children now receive the chicken pox vaccine.

Symptoms of Dehydration
Review the signs and symptoms of dehydration in children.

Becoming A Pediatrician Basics
Review what a typical Pediatrician does on a daily basis, a common topic that students are looking for information about as they do career reports on becoming a Pediatrician.

Kids Asthma Screening Quiz - Does your child have symptoms of asthma?
Asthma is a common disease that affects children, with experts reporting that about 5% of people have asthma. Although often easy to diagnose if your child has a cough, wheezing, and trouble breathing, it can be much more difficult to diagnose if the child simply coughs a lot. Take our asthma screening quiz to see if your child has any of the symptoms of asthma:

Breastfeeding Quiz - What do you know about breastfeeding?
There is a lot of misinformation about breastfeeding that may keep your from breastfeeding effectively or for as long as you would like. Take our breastfeeding quiz to see if you know as much about breastfeeding as you should.

Baby Formula
Review how much formula your baby should be eating at each feeding.

Four Months
You Four Month Old. What you need to know to take care of your 4 month old, including information about nutrition, growth and development, safety, Pediatrician visits, vaccines, common problems, and other topics.

Poison Ivy Closeup Picture
View the classic 'leaves of three' appearance of poison ivy in this closeup picture, including red stems and green berries.

Mono Symptoms
Learn about the classic symptoms of mono, which can include a severe sore throat, high fever, enlarged lymph glands and fatigue.

Switching to Whole Milk
Learn about how to change your child from an infant formula to whole cow's milk so that she continues to get enough calcium in her diet.

Drug Abuse Screening Quiz - Are your kids using drugs?
A drug abuse screening quiz to help see if your kids are using drugs.

Black Tongue
My son has had a stomach ache for a few days. It was mild and I wasn't too worried about it, but this morning he woke up with a black tongue. He otherwise seems fine, but I have never seen anything like it. What could be wrong with him?

Fifth Disease Picture
The typical red or slapped cheeks rash of a child with Fifth Disease can be seen in this picture.

Eczema
Review a picture of the typical skin rash caused by eczema.

Child Development Quiz
Do you understand your child's development? Take our Child Development Quiz to test if you have a good understanding of whether or not your child is growing and developing normally.

Pregnancy Symptoms Screening Quiz Results - Are You Pregnant?
A early pregnancy symptom screening quiz to see if you have any of the signs of being pregnant.

Fast Food Nutrition Facts Calculator
Choose a restaurant(s) to compare the nutrition facts of the meals you and your kids eat and find out how many calories and how much fat are in your fast food meals.

Self Esteem Screening Quiz
A screening quiz to see if your child has any signs of low self esteem.

Pink Eye
Pink eye is a common disorder that causes a child's eyes to be red, with tearing, matting and drainage.

An Insect Bite
This insect bite was already starting to improve the day the next day, a good sign that it wasn't infected.

Baby Weight Gain
Review how much weight a newborn baby should gain during their first few weeks of life.

Measles
Review a picture of the characteristic red blotchy rash of a child with measles and read about other measles symptoms these children have.

Adderol, Adderal and Aderall
Common misspellings for Adderall and Adderall XR, ADHD medicines for kids, include Adderol, Adderal and Aderall.

Smoothie Recipe
A fruit and yogurt smoothie is a quick, easy, and healthy way to get more fruit and calcium into your child's diet

Fifth Disease
Fifth disease (erythema infectiosum) is a common viral infection of childhood that causes a distinctive rash, including red or 'slapped cheeks' and a pink or red lacelike rash on their arms.

Two Months
Two months is a fun time, and you can expect your baby to smile, laugh and make noises, lift his head and chest up while lying on his stomach. Learn how to take care of a two-month-old baby, like the one pictured in this photo.

Identifying Poison Ivy
You can help kids avoid poison ivy by showing them where it is and what it looks like...

Picture of Poison Ivy Rash
This child had a bad case of poison ivy, with red bumps, vesicles and blisters, in a straight line or streaks, from where the poison ivy plant had contact with her leg.

Zyrtec
Learn about Zyrtec or cetirizine, an antihistamine that is used to treat seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis or allergies in children and adults and which is now available over-the-counter.

Low Fat vs. Whole Milk
Review the issue of whether you should give your kids whole milk, low fat milk, or skim milk.

Poison Ivy Symptoms
Review the symptoms of poison ivy, which typically includes an intensely itchy rash with red bumps and blisters that forms after exposure to poison ivy, poison sumac, or poison oak.

Concerta
Concerta is a once a day stimulant used to treat kids with ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Zithromax
Learn more about Zithromax or azithromycin, a popular antibiotic that is used to treat kids with ear infections, pneumonia, strep throat, and sinusitis.

Mumps Picture
A picture of a child with mumps, which is an infection that is caused by a virus, causing parotitis, with pain and swelling in one or both parotid glands.

Molluscum Contagiosum
Molluscum contagiosum is a rash caused by a virus that caused small, flesh colored, dome shaped bumps on a child's skin.

Child with a Cold Sore
View a picture of a child with a cold sore or fever blister on her lip.

Tylenol Dosage Calculator Results
Here are the results of your Tylenol Dosage Calculator.

Sunblock
Review the differences between sunblock and sunscreen to help you choose the best sun protection for your kids.

Allowance Calculator - How much should your child get?
An allowance calculator to help you figure out how much money to give your kids each week to help them learn about money.

Rubella Picture
Review a picture of the typical rash of a child with rubella or German measles.