Contents 10


Welcome 6 Foreword 8 Editor’s Note


Outdoor Safety 10 Ready for Summer? How to stay safe while having a blast By Kathleen Kent, DNP, RN, CPNP


Fitness 20 Just Play Games Your kids don’t need full gym memberships to be active and healthy By Christie Ramirez, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC


Nutrition 26 An Unsolved Puzzle


Getting to Know Celiac Disease By Jo Ann Serota, DNP, CPNP, FAANP


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32 Organic or Conventional? Get the facts By Jo Ann Serota, DNP, CPNP, FAANP


Asthma 34 Go!


Exercise-induced asthma should not stop your child from being active, participating in sports or just having fun By Shirley Becton McKenzie,


MS, PPCNP, AE-C


Allergies 42 Ah, Spring… Is it your child’s season for sneezin’?


By Anne Borgmeyer, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC, AE-C


48 Food-Allergy Facts Keeping your child safe


Ready,Raising Healthy Kids Grow Set,


®


CURRENT THROUGH NOVEMBER 2014


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By Elizabeth Eden, MSN, CPNP, and Neal Jain, MD


Immunization 58 Summer Shots Protect your family’s health by vaccinating this season


By Lacey M. Eden, MS, FNP-C, and


Karlen E. Luthy, DNP, FNP


Learning 64 The Education Vacation


8 Get-smart family adventures


By Elizabeth Gephart, DNP, PNP-BC


Behavior 72 Stay Focused Helping your child cope with ADHD By Susan Kennel, PhD, ARNP, FAANP


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