Tag: Parents

Here’s how you should buy health insurance for senior citizen parents

April 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Recently, my friend Jaideep’s father was hospitalised for heart-related complications. The eighty-year-old successfully underwent treatment while being in the ICU for 20 days, for which the hospitalisation bill worked out to Rs 7 lakh. To his surprise, while he had taken health insurance for his father, he got reimbursement for only half of the amount. …

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Parents reveal why they dread mealtimes as they struggle to keep kids happy with healthy food

April 23, 2022February 17, 2025 Sharika Soukup

PARENTS dread family mealtimes – here’s why they struggle to keep fussy eaters happy. Sitting down to dinner with everyone is a “stressful” experience, according to 35 per cent of mums and dads. 2 More than half of all parents struggle to get their children eating a healthy balanceCredit: Getty Tea time is made tricky…

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When parents get Medicaid, it can benefit the health of their kids

April 19, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Low-income parents who live in states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act are 4.7% more likely to say they are in good health than their peers in states that have declined to take this step, according to new research I co-authored. In addition, children of low-income parents…

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‘The stigma is winning’: Parents strain to juggle jobs and their kids’ mental health

April 6, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Alicia Lee learned early on that her child’s mental health disorder did not respect working hours. Supporting her 13-year-old son, who has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and other conditions, involves therapy appointments, paperwork, case coordination, medication, and lots and lots of time on the phone. “I have to do all that…

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Parents told teen to ‘suck it up’ when he asked for mental health help before school shooting, police testify

April 5, 2022 Sharika Soukup

ROCHESTER HILLS, MI — Months before Ethan R. Crumbley was accused of opening fire on his classmates in the hallways of Oxford High School, killing four of them, he told a friend he was in the grips of a mental breakdown and needed help. When he told his parents, they rebuffed him, told him to…

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When parents get Medicaid, it can benefit the health of their kids too | Columnists

February 28, 2022 Sharika Soukup

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Maithreyi Gopalan, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Low-income parents who live in states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act are 4.7% more likely to say…

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HSE encourage parents to book Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 as portal opens

February 25, 2022 Sharika Soukup

© Getty Images A child receiving a Covid vaccine Parents are now being encouraged by the HSE to book a Covid-19 vaccine online for all children aged five to 11 from today. From Sunday, 20 February 2022, your child can get an appointment for a number of clinics. Dr Lucy Jessop, Director of Public Health,…

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Young parents are breaking down ‘reactive’ VS ‘gentle’ parenting in viral TikTok trend

February 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

TikTok parents are popularizing a more compassionate way to raise kids — and experts agree future generations will thank us for it. It’s called gentle parenting, and thanks to TikTok, it’s becoming a mainstream technique that more and more families are embracing. The term “gentle parenting” might give the impression that kids today are being…

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