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Corona virus #4

March 17, 2020 by kidstra

Your child has symptoms compatible with early coronavirus disease: mild cough, a runny nose, and a borderline fever. What do you do? 1. Stay calm. As more and more cases of Coronavirus (COVID-9) disease occur around the world, children continue to be infected far less frequently than adults, and when infected, the vast majority show […]

Filed Under: coronavirus, COVID-19, Safe & Healthy Travel, Travel, Vaccinations

Are your children at risk for coronavirus disease?

February 26, 2020 by kidstra

For today’s official news bulletins about corona virus COVID 19 and children, please see the following sources, at the end of this article: Children appear to be at less risk of being infected by the coronavirus (now officially known as COVID-19) than are adults, says the US Centers for Disease Control. The frequency and severity […]

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Will your children be wearing face masks any time soon?

February 11, 2020 by kidstra

1. The US Centers for Disease Control CDC) recommends that children (and adults) NOT wear face masks at this time. Facemasks are the hallmark of coronavirus disease. Pictures from China show that even the very young are bedecked with them. However, wearing facemasks makes sense only where and when person to person spread is prevalent […]

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Coronavirus disease and children: PART II

January 28, 2020 by kidstra

January 28, 2020. When reading this and similar articles, mentally jot down the date they were written. Very likely, some of today’s recommendations will be updated tomorrow. (PART I, written on January 24 (four days ago) is available at: http://kidstraveldoc.com/are-your-children-at-risk-for-coronavirus-disease/) 1. The latest advice from the CDC. Unless you have been in China in the […]

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Coronavirus disease and children: PART II

January 28, 2020 by kidstra

January 28, 2020. When reading this and similar articles, mentally jot down the date they were written. Very likely, some of today’s recommendations will be updated tomorrow. (PART I, written on January 24 (four days ago) is available at: http://kidstraveldoc.com/are-your-children-at-risk-for-coronavirus-disease/) 1. The latest advice from the CDC. Unless you have been in China in the […]

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Are your children at risk for coronavirus disease?

January 24, 2020 by kidstra

January 24, 2020. Unless you have been in China in the past few weeks or are presently in contact with someone who recently visited China, the risk of your family becoming infected with coronavirus illness are presently extremely remote, says the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC).  However, stay tuned. This current outbreak is a […]

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Help! Will somebody hush that crying baby on this plane?!

January 5, 2020 by kidstra

(This is an update of an article I wrote some years ago. It also appeared in the New York Times.) When traveling by air, a lasting nightmare is sitting near a cuddly little baby that suddenly morphs into a nonstop noise machine, emitting high decibel, ear-piercing, headache-producing, sleep-preventing discomfort. An even worse nightmare: it’s your […]

Filed Under: Air Travel, Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel, Travel

Should infants sit in safety seats for air travel?

December 8, 2019 by kidstra

1. The facts: Infants are the only items on an aircraft that need not be battened down (secured) for takeoff, turbulence and landing.  In case of severe turbulence and survivable crashes, an unrestrained 20-pound (9 kilos) infant sitting on your lap instantaneously becomes a 300-pound weight  (136 kilos) that you cannot restrain. Infants have hit […]

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Seasonal Affective Disorder in Children

November 18, 2019 by kidstra

A larger dose of sunlight is the antidote for kids who become especially ornery as winter approaches and the hours of daylight dwindle down to a meager few. 1. Sunlight helps minimize being sad and having SAD.  Sad (small letters) is having the “winter blues.”  SAD (capital letters) stands for Seasonal Affective Disorder, a more […]

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Why Travel With Your Children?

October 31, 2019 by kidstra

Traveling and vacationing with your children are prudent investments into their developing self-assurance. To write this article, I went to Google (where else?) and typed in “Benefits of family travel.” Within .57 seconds I had a whopping 680,000,000 results. (Full disclosure: not surprisingly, I did not read all the results!) I did scan well over […]

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