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Articles by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Middle Childhood: 9 - 11 Years Old
Your child's growing independence from the family and interest in friends might be obvious by now. Here are some...
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Movement: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years
What movements and activities should children be able to perform by age 3, 4, or 5? What's developmentally appropriate?...
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Language: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years
What's typical in preschool language development? Here are the milestones children should reach by 3, 4, and 5 years of...
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Cognitive Development: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years
Is your child on track with his cognitive development? Learn about the milestones a child should reach by the end of 3,...
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Hand and Finger Skills: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years
To learn to write, preschoolers need to develop the muscles in their hands. Teachers refer to this as fine motor skills....
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Social and Emotional Development: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years
Is your child on track? Find out what's typical in terms of social and emotional development by the end of 3, 4, and 5...
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High School Students Continue to Engage in High Risk Behaviors
The Nature of the Problem: Priority health-risk behaviors, which are behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of...
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Staying Healthy in College
Below are a few health issues you may face while at college and some action steps you can take to help protect...
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Components of Physical Fitness
What does it mean to be physically "fit?" Physical fitness is defined as "a set of attributes that people have or...
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The Importance of Childhood Immunizations
Disease Prevention--Protect Those Around You Disease prevention is the key to public health. It is always better to...
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