Submitted by Aetna
It’s back to school time! Time for parents to ensure college students are prepared academically and financially for campus life. From selecting courses to buying textbooks, there are a number of decisions to be made; however, one important decision – health insurance – is often overlooked. As part of the college preparation process, Aetna encourages parents to also consider their student’s health insurance options before heading off to school.
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By Sandy Nipper, Child Safety Program Coordinator
The Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel
The job of protecting a child from injury is probably one of a parent’s or caregiver’s most anxiety-provoking and sometimes overwhelming responsibilities. There’s good news and bad news to report. Let’s start with the bad and move as quickly as possible to the good.
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Category: Health and Safety, Past Articles // Posted on October 2, 2009 // Leave a Comment
Submitted by Providence Health & Services
What if I get this new virus and I am pregnant?
We do know that pregnant women are more likely to get sick than others and have more serious problems with seasonal flu. These problems may include early labor or severe pneumonia. We believe this virus will do the same, and it should be taken very seriously. We do not know how this virus will affect the baby.
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By Emily Puro
Our September 2009 issue contains an in-depth feature titled “Living With Autism” which focuses on the various treatments area families have employed to help their children on the autism spectrum. The following short articles are supplemental to that piece (all articles were written by Emily Puro):
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Take time to educate your kids about the dangers of asking adults to buy alcohol for them
Submitted by Oregon Partnership and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
A guy in his mid-20s pulls into a convenience store parking lot and is approached by two teenage girls, who nervously ask him to buy alcoholic lemonade for them. The man obliges, emerging from the store a few minutes later with a couple of six-packs he hands to the kids.
Unfortunately, the scene is all too real, because most kids who consume alcohol – about 30 percent of 8th-graders and nearly half of 11th-graders say they have in the past month, according to a survey of Oregon schoolchildren – get it from adults, who either knowingly or unknowingly supply it.
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An Open Letter to Area Parents from Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer and Multnomah County Sheriff Bob Skipper
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Rules to Live By
By Barry Finnemore, Oregon Partnership
A few years ago, a high schooler who had struggled with substance abuse revealed that her parents never asked where she was going when she left the house. The teenager, speaking to adults and peers at a community meeting to prevent youth drinking, told the audience how much she wished her parents had cared enough to ask.
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Granting Holiday Wishes for Kids at Providence Center for Medically Fragile Children
By Paula Fasano
Anita Herold knows the meaning of every sound, movement and glance from her son, 11-year-old Cameron. It’s a parent-child bond that few can understand. Cameron has severe and complex medical needs that require vigilant care from his family members, every hour of every day
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