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PARENTS ADVICE LINE
Healthy child topics & four-digit codes
832-824-1777

Accident prevention
8565 Animal bites: Prevention
8566 Drowning: Prevention
8567 Electrical shock: Prevention
8568 Falls & head injury: Prevention
8569 Hot-weather illness: Prevention
8570 Poisoning: Prevention
8730 Swimming for toddlers
8731 Walkers: A major health hazard

Behavior: Discipline
8800 Biting
8801 Demands constant entertainment
8803 Guidelines for consequences
8804 Guidelines for setting rules
8805 Hitting & fighting
8806 "I hate you"
8807 Interrupting you on the telephone
8808 Interrupting guests
8809 Lying
8802 "Mine": Won't share toys
8810 Misbehavior at the supermarket
8811 Refusing to get dressed on time
8812 Runs away from you
8813 Saying "no" to kids
8814 Screaming
8815 Siblings who argue & fight
8816 Spanking
8817 Spoiled kids: Preschoolers
8819 Spoiled kids: Toddlers
8820 Stealing
8821 Stubborn kids: Preschoolers
8822 Stubborn kids: Toddlers
8823 Swearing
8824 Temper tantrums: Toddler & preschooler
8825 Terrible twos
8826 Time-out: The best response for aggressive behavior
8827 Time-out: How to give one
8828 Time-out refusal: School-age children
8829 Time-out refusal: Toddlers & preschoolers
8830 Time-out: When it doesn't work
8831 Unfastens the seat belt
8832 Whining

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832-824-1777
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Behavior: Family issues
8890 Christmas time
8891 Divorce: Helping children cope
8892 Fears of natural disasters: Home treatment
8893 Fears of natural disasters: Prevention
8894 Grandparents & grandchildren
8895 Halloween
8590 Hanukkah
8896 Quality family time
8897 Santa Claus
8898 Thanksgiving

Behavior: Other
8920 Masturbation: Toddlers & preschoolers
8921 Nudity & your child
8922 Sex education: Preschoolers
8923 Sexual play: What's normal
8924 Shyness
8925 Speech: Hard to understand speech
8926 Thumbsucking: Toddlers
8881 Tics & facial twitches

Eating: Problems of older children
8700 Appetite slump in toddlers
8560 Cow's milk: The facts
8703 Fast food myths
8704 Finicky eaters
8702 Foods that cause choking
8705 Healthy diet
8706 Junk food myth
8707 Keeping mealtime pleasant
8708 Low-cholesterol diet
8710 Overweight preschoolers
8709 Overweight preteens
8711 Overweight teens
8712 Playing with food
8713 Six health problems relating to diet
8714 Slow eaters & fast eaters
8715 Snacks
8701 The candy myth
8716 The vitamin supplement myth

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Feeding: Babies
8650 Breast-feeding & medications
8651 Breast-feeding: How to improve milk supply
8652 Breast-feeding: Is your baby getting enough?
8653 Breast-feeding: Painful breasts or sore nipples
8654 Breast-feeding: Supplemental formula or water 
8655 Breast-feeding: Vitamins & minerals
8656 Finger foods 
8657 Formulas: Choosing the right one
8658 Formula preparation & feeding
8659 Night-time feedings: Newborns
8660 Overweight babies: Prevention
8661 Solid foods: What & when
8662 Spoon-feeding problems
8663 Weaning from the bottle
8664 Weaning from the breast
8665 Weaning problems: Prevention

Health promotion: Staying well
8751 Baths: Too much soap
8575 Chicken pox vaccine
8752 Doctor visits: Making them go better
8576 Immunization reactions
8577 Immunizations: 10 recommended ones
8578 Lead poisoning: Prevention
8753 Second-hand smoke
8754 Shoes
8755 Skin cancer: Prevention
8756 Stimulating your infant's development
8757 Sunglasses: Preventing cataracts
8750 Tooth decay: Prevention (baby bottle)
8758 Tooth decay: Prevention (toddlers & preschoolers)

Infant care
8550 Crib death: Prevention
8551 Diaper rash
8552 Spitting up
8553 Tear duct, blocked
8554 Teething myths
8555 Thrush
8556 Umbilical hernia

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Newborn care
8600 Circumcision decision
8601 Colic: Home treatment
8602 Colic: Myths
8603 Crying: What it means
8604 Face rashes
8605 Foreskin: Normal care
8540 Jaundiced newborn
8606 New parent exhaustion: Prevention
8607 New parents: Common worries
8541 Newborn appearance
8542 Newborns: Normal behavior & reflexes
8543 Normal skin care
8608 Postpartum blues
8609 Sibling rivalry with newborn
8544 Sleep position
8545 Umbilical cord problems

School issues
8585 ADD: Educational treatment
8855 ADD: Home treatment
8586 ADD: How To recognize
8587 ADD: Imitators
8588 ADD: Ritalin treatment
8850 Hyperactivity & sugar
8851 School phobia
8852 School underachiever: Preteen
8853 School underachiever: Teen-agers
8854 Schoolwork: Teaching responsibility
8856 Short attention span: Prevention in preschoolers
8857 TV dependency: Prevention
8858 Video game craze

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Sleep problems
8770 Bedtime refusal
8771 Early-morning riser
8772 Night terrors
8773 Nightmares
8774 Nightmares & violent movies
8775 Nighttime awakening: Infants
8776 Nighttime awakening: Toddlers
8580 Pacifiers
8777 Sleep problems: Prevention
8778 Sleeping with the parents: Infants
8779 Sleeping with the parents: Toddlers & preschoolers

Teen-agers
8875 Teen-agers: House rules
8876 Teen-agers: No-win issues
8877 Teen-agers: Talking back
8878 Teen-agers: Teaching responsibility
8879 Teen-agers: What's abnormal
8880 Teen-agers: What's normal

Toilet training / bedwetting
8790 Bedwetting: Preschooler
8791 Bedwetting: Preteen
8792 Bedwetting: Teen-agers
8793 Toilet training made easy
8794 Toilet training readiness
8795 Toilet training refusal

Texas Children's Parent Advice Line 
832-824-1777

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