KidsHealth.org/kid

The doc is in with kid-friendly health advice.

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URL: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/
Entertainment Value: Medium to high

Parents need to know

Parents need to know that this ad-free site, developed by the highly respected Nemours Foundation and regularly reviewed by health care professionals, dishes easy-to-digest health information for kids. Topics range from a breakdown of everyday illnesses and injuries to advice for those with problems in school such as cheating and getting along with teachers.

Families can talk about what kids should do when they have a medical or health question. Who can they trust to ask questions and get good advice? Why is it important to ask questions when they arise, no matter how embarrassing, rather than hold them in?

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This site makes health information accessible and palatable to kids.

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Kids can use this site to help with homework about health and the body. There are also fun and safe health-related experiments to try.

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What's the story?

Reviewed by Lucy Maher

Factual, easy-to-understand advice abounds on the kid's section of KIDSHEALTH.ORG, a content-driven site created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media. Just click away on the hundreds of short articles touching on pertinent kid-related mental and physical health issues. Topics include Dealing with Feelings, Staying Healthy, Growing Up, Watch Out, Everyday Illness & Injuries, and more. You can also explore issues such as cheating, getting along with teachers, avoiding sports injuries, stuttering, crushes, and going away to camp. The site runs each article by a physician or health expert who vets it before it's posted.

Is it any good?

Articles (some are translated into Spanish) are easy to read and understand, and don't talk down to kids. And, there's always "Word!" -- a handy glossary to decode any unfamiliar medical jargon if you get confused. One of the coolest features of the site is My Body, where you can scroll over a diagram of a body to get more information on certain body parts or link to articles on the subject.