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   Alcohol and Sexual Risk Taking: What Parents Need to Know
   Can We Talk about Abstinence and Contraception OR Is It a Mixed Message?
   Children Living Among Non-Relatives
   Kids' Ear Infections
   Parents and Teens Talking Together About Contraception
   Skipping Breakfast Common Among U.S. Girls
   Sports Drinks May Be a Winning Choice for Kids With Diarrhea
   Why Sex Education Also Belongs in the Home
Treating Your Child's Asthma
(BlackDoctor.org)  -- Asthma attacks are a scary thing for children and parents. When your child’s regular steroid inhaler fails to prevent asthma attacks you wonder what the best cause of action is. According to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, every child’s asthma is different and different children do best with different step-up treatments.

Forty-five percent of children in the study had the best success with long-acting beta-agnoists, or LBAs, such as
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For Health's Sake, Let Them Read

(BlackDoctor.org) -- “No more pencils, no more books.  No more teachers’ dirty looks!”  So went the end-of-school-year chant that we often found humor in.

Many kids have just about had enough by the time their summer vacation begins and a nice break is usually needed. However, one downside is that many children get sluggish and lose much of what they learned in the school year. This decline in retention has gained attention lately. 

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Blame The Parents: A Call To Action

(BlackDoctor.org) -- Our readers said the parents are to blame for the actions of today’s youth, and like you, I agree. But it’s time we go beyond this simple statement. Households of today are not like yesteryear. There are myriad reasons we see a decline in values and “good” behavior from today’s youth.  It seems we all know the issues. Now, let’s get out of the problem, and into some solutions.

As a school

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Blame The Parents For Today

(BlackDoctor.org) -- This was the resounding answer we received after we posed this question to you via Facebook on March 19th.  You spoke out and WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR!

Of the 90 comments we received, I categorized and tallied them all. I examined the 87 comments, and found that, according to our BlackDoctor.org readers, 89% felt that parents are to blame; representing 78 people from across the US!  The

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