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Food and environmental safety, healthy weight and growth, disease protection through hygiene and vaccinations, proper nutrition, physical activity, and regular sleep schedules are essential for developing children.
Ear infections, colds, and sore throats are extremely common. Anxiety, chickenpox, conjunctivitis, croup, head lice, impetigo, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), roseola, and stomach bugs also commonly occur among children and adolescents.
Vaccinations protect against serious diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, diphtheria, meningitis, polio, tetanus, whooping cough, and several dangerous viruses. Reducing children’s risk of these diseases can protect them against severe and sometimes life-threatening complications.
Children need good nutrition and overall health, security, and opportunities to safely play and learn. You can support this with immunization, timely care, exclusive breastfeeding, vaccination, and quick responsiveness to illnesses and injuries.
Childproof your home, have them wear protective gear on bicycles, and use car seats. Protecting children from the social harms of media and bullying and keeping them safe in an increasingly online world is also crucial.

Michelle Seguin, MD
Medical Reviewer
Michelle Seguin, MD, is a board-certified family medicine, lifestyle medicine, and certified functional medicine physician (IFMCP). She is a practicing physician at Root Functional Medicine, a leading telemedicine practice specializing in personalized, root-cause care.

Justin Laube, MD
Medical Reviewer
Justin Laube, MD, is a board-certified integrative and internal medicine physician, a teacher, and a consultant with extensive expertise in integrative health, medical education, and trauma healing.
He graduated with a bachelor's in biology from the University of Wisconsin and a medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. During medical school, he completed a graduate certificate in integrative therapies and healing practices through the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing. He completed his three-year residency training in internal medicine at the University of California in Los Angeles on the primary care track and a two-year fellowship in integrative East-West primary care at the UCLA Health Center for East-West Medicine.
He is currently taking a multiyear personal and professional sabbatical to explore the relationship between childhood trauma, disease, and the processes of healing. He is developing a clinical practice for patients with complex trauma, as well as for others going through significant life transitions. He is working on a book distilling the insights from his sabbatical, teaching, and leading retreats on trauma, integrative health, mindfulness, and well-being for health professionals, students, and the community.
Previously, Dr. Laube was an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA Health Center for East-West Medicine and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he provided primary care and integrative East-West medical consultations. As part of the faculty, he completed a medical education fellowship and received a certificate in innovation in curriculum design and evaluation. He was the fellowship director at the Center for East-West Medicine and led courses for physician fellows, residents, and medical students.

Seth Gillihan, PhD
Medical Reviewer
- Young Children: Raising Healthy Children. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. September 5, 2024.
- AAP Highlights Keys to Healthy Active Living. American Academy of Pediatrics. February 26, 2024.