Health & Development
By Katherine Lee, About.com Guide to School-Age Children
Essential information you need to know about how to raise a healthy and happy child, from how to make sure your child's nutritional needs are met to the best discipline techniques that really work. Plus, all about grade-schoolers' growth and development.
- Raising Healthy Kids
- Behavior & Discipline
- Development, Age-by-Age
- Physical & Emotional Growth
- Social Development
Raising Healthy Kids
The information and guidance you need on the best ways to keep your kids healthy, safe, and happy.
- Teaching Your Child Good Hygiene
- Natural Ways to Treat Your Child's Cough and Cold
- Preparing for Swine Flu
- How Much Sleep Do Kids Need?
- Best Ways to Build Healthy Food Habits
- Smart Brain-Building Breakfasts
- How to Tell When Your Child is Too Sick for School
- School Bus Safety
- When Can a Child Walk to School Alone?
- When Can a Child Use a Restroom by Himself?
- Is Your Child Stressed?
- Preventing Dog Bite Injuries in Kids
- Great After-School Snacks
Behavior & Discipline
Grade schoolers are better able to articulate frustrations, likes, and dislikes. But that doesn't mean the days of meltdowns and conflict are behind you. Learn ways to work with your child to achieve good behavior and sow the seeds for self-discipline.
- Top 7 Tips for Disciplining Your Grade-Schooler
- Discipline Children the Zen Way
- How to Hold a Family Meeting
- Coping with Sibling Conflict
- Parenting Your Negative Child
- Attachment Parenting of Older Children
- How to Cope with a Difficult Child
- How to Ask Your Child for Good Behavior
Development, Age-by-Age
A guide to your grade-schooler's development stages. A look at her interests, abilities, and skills at each age and stage.
- Child Development - The Five-Year Old
- Child Development - The Six-Year Old
- Child Development - The Seven-Year Old
- Child Development - The Eight-Year Old
- Child Development - The Nine-Year Old
- Child Development - The Ten-Year Old
Physical & Emotional Growth
New fears and challenges, budding rebellion, curiosity about bodies —- the grade-schooler stage is an action-packed smorgasbord of physical and emotional development.
- Guide to Your Growing Grade Schooler
- 5 Fun Ways to Get Your Little Couch Potato on the Move
- Fitness for School-Aged Kids
- How to Prevent Common Kid Sports Injuries
- How to Talk to Your Grade-Schooler About Death
Social Development
Beyond thank you and please -- strategies for raising a grade-schooler who has good manners, knows how to make friends, and is a good citizen of the world.
