Your Baby at Six Months

Your Child at Eleven to Fourteen Years

Your Growing and Changing Child Healthy Behavior Choices Your Child at School  Talk with your child about how his or her body is  Help your child find fun, safe things to do.  Check in with your child’s teacher about grades changing with puberty.  Consider a plan to make sure your child and your on tests. Attend back-to-school events and parent-  Encourage your child to brush his or her teeth child’s friends can’t get alcohol or prescription drugs teacher conferences if you can. twice a day and floss once a day. in your home.  Help your child take responsibility for  Your child should visit the dentist twice a year. If  Talk about relationships, sex, and values. schoolwork, and for organizing his or her time. you need help finding or paying for a dentist, let your Encourage your child not to have sex.  Encourage your child to read. child’s doctor or nurse know.  If you are uncomfortable talking about sex or  Help your child find activities he or she is really  Praise your child when he or she does something puberty with your child, ask your child’s doctor or interested in outside of schoolwork. well. nurse or others you trust for reliable information  Help your child try activities that help others. that can help you.  Give your child the chance to make more decisions independently.

Healthy Habits Discipline and Your Child  Serve healthy food and eat  Use clear and consistent rules with your child. together often as a family.  Be a role model for healthy behavior choices.  Encourage your child to get at least 1 hour of  Spend time with your child. vigorous physical activity every day. Keeping Your Child Safe  Help your child limit screen time (TV, video  Make sure everyone always wears a seat belt in games, cell phone, or computer) to 2 hours a day, the car. Your Child’s Emotions not including homework time.  Do not allow your child to ride all-terrain  Support your child in thinking through problems vehicles (ATVs). independently.  Make sure your child knows how to get help if  Help your child figure out healthy ways to deal he or she is feeling unsafe. with stress.  Remove guns from your home. If you must keep  Show your child how to use words to share a gun in your home, make sure it is unloaded and feelings and handle anger. locked with ammunition locked in a separate place.  Help your child figure out nonviolent ways to  Know your child’s friends and their parents. Be handle anger or fear. aware of where your child is, and what he or she is  If you are worried that your child is sad, doing at all times. depressed, nervous, irritable, or angry, ask your child’s doctor or nurse for help.

Revised January 2012 *This form is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics' Bright Futures Guidelines, 3rd Edition. Your Child at Eleven to Fourteen To Learn More Poison Control Center Years 1-800-222-1222

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