Growing up healthy
Each child is unique. Some children achieve developmental and physical skills before others, while some achieve them later. Regardless of the age and stage of development, all children need love, encouragement and support to feel secure, safe and confident in their actions.
Whether you're a parent, a teenager or someone researching child health topics, the following information will hopefully help you.
Healthy eating and active living
- Healthy eating and active living for pregnancy, and from baby to teen
- Childhood obesity
Growth and development
- All About Me -- growth and development series
- Developing Children, Developing Parents audio resources
- Speech and Language Development information
- Raising Children from 0 to 6 years old
- Talk Box A parent's guide to creating language-rich environments
- WiFi In Schools
Dental care
- A Parent's Guide to Healthy Teeth for Children Birth to Six Years (tip cards included) 2002
Immunizations
Injury prevention
- Injury and injury prevention resources
- Injury prevention and safety services Alberta Health Services
- Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research
Education
- A Family Talks About AIDS Questions Children Might Ask July 1999
- Do Bugs Need Drugs? This community education website explores the problem of antibiotic resistance.
- What to Say When They Ask: Talking About Sexuality With Your Child 1999
- Alberta Children and Youth Initiative recommended resources
- Internet:
- GetWebWise
- Weron2u.ca teen site
- badguypatrol.ca ages 57 and 810
- Violence:
- Internet:
Adolescence
General information
- Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating Health Canada
- Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868
- BLAST Alberta Lung Association
- Mental Health For Children and Youth
- Grip Magazine
