For Parents

Parental Guidelines.

IAP-authored guides on child health, nutrition, and development — organized by topic for quick reference.

105 Guidelines

How To Take Care of My Child

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Guidelines for Healthy Eating and Junk Food

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Guidelines for Normal Sleep and Physical Activity

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Guideline for Dental Care, Diapers, and Clothing

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Guidelines for Prevention of Accidents and Injuries

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Screentime Guidelines for Parents

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Guideline for School and My Child: Parental Concerns Regarding Schooling

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Guideline for Toys, Plays, And Sports

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Guideline for Early Childhood Development

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Guideline for Studies, Coaching, and Vocational Counseling

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Guideline for Traveling with children

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Preventing Diseases by Immunization

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Guideline for Vaccination

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Guideline for Dealing with Adverse Events Following Immunization

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Behavioral and Developmental Issues

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Guideline for Prepare Your Child to Deal with Bullying

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Guideline for Thumb-sucking, Temper Tantrums and PICA

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Guideline for Enuresis and Encopresis

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Guideline for Stammering and Stuttering

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Guideline for When and How Do I Suspect and Prevent Abuse in My Child?

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Guideline for AUTISM

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Guideline for Care of an Inattentive/Hyperactive Child

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Guideline for When to Suspect Specific Learning Disability in Your Child?

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Intellectual Disability

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Is My Child Growing Well?

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Guideline for How My Child Grows

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Normal Development and When to Suspect Abnormal Development?

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Guideline for When to Suspect Visual Impairment and Care of a Child with Visual Impairment?

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Guideline for When to Suspect Hearing Impairment and Care of a Child with Hearing Impairment

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Understanding My Adolescent Child

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Guideline for Normal Psychosocial Development in Adolescents

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Guideline for Attainment of Puberty

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Guideline for Mental Health Issues in Adolescents

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Guideline for Eating Disorders : Anorexia and Bulimia

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Infections

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Guidelines for Fever

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Guideline for My Child has a Fever with Rash

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Guideline for Typhoid

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Guideline for Viral Hepatitis

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Guideline for Suspecting a Serious Bacterial Illness

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Guideline for Tuberculosis in Children

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Guideline for Care of a Child with HIV/Child Born to HIV Positive Mother

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Immune Deficiency

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Guideline for Preventing Mosquito-borne Illnesses

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Nutrition

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Guidelines for Breastfeeding

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Guideline for Complementary Feeding

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Guideline for Vitamins and Minerals for My Child

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Guideline for Nutrition Between 1 and 2 Years of Age

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Guideline for Nutrition for Preschoolers (2–5 Years)

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Guideline for Nutrition for Children Between 5–12 Years

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Guideline for Nutrition of Adolescents (10–19 Years)

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Guideline for Which Nutritional Supplements are Needed for My Child?

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Guideline for Prevention and Care of Malnutrition in Children

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Guidelines for obesity

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Newborn Infants

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Guideline for How Do I Prepare for Arrival of My Newborn Baby?

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Physiological Variations in a Newborn

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Guideline for Care of the Low Birthweight Newborn

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Guideline for Identifying a Sick Newborn

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Guideline for Neonatal Jaundice

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Guideline for Birth Defects

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Cardiovascular Disorders

3

Guideline for Care of a Child with Congenital Heart Disease

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Guideline for Importance of Checking Blood Pressure in Children

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Guideline for Taking Care of My Child After Heart Surgery

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Endocrinologic Disorders

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Guideline for My Child is Not Growing Well : How to Monitor and Manage?

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Guideline for Early and Late Puberty

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Guideline for Hypothyroidism: Congenital and Acquired

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Guidelines for Diarrhea

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Gastro-Intestinal Disorders

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Guidelines for Care of a child with Diabetes Mellitus

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Guideline for Caring for a Child with Celiac Disease

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Guideline for The Constipated Kid

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Guideline for How to Deal with Recurrent Abdominal Pain?

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Chronic Liver Disease

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Hematological Disorders

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Guideline for Thalassemia: What Parents Need to Know?

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Guideline for Hemophilia

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Guideline for Anemia

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Leukemia

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Guideline for Care of Children with Cancer

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Guideline for Post Bone Marrow Transplant/Stem Cell Transplant Care

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Guideline for Care of Childhood Cancer Survivors

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Nervous System Disorders

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Guideline for Home Care of a Paralytic Child

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Guideline for Home Care of a Child with Cerebral Palsy

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Epilepsy

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Guideline for Acute Episodes of Seizures: What to Do?

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Guideline for Care of Children with Febrile Seizure

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Respiratory Disorders

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Guideline for My Child is having Fever with Cough: What to Do?

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Cystic Fibrosis

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Guideline for Allergic Rhinitis

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Guideline for Acute Attack of Asthma: What to Do?

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Guideline for Home Care of Chronic Asthma

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Guideline for Home Care of Child on Oxygen and Ventilation

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Guidelines for Recurrent Cough

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Renal Disorders

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Care of a Child with Nephrotic Syndrome

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection

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Guideline for Congenital Anomalies of Kidney and Urinary Tract

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Chronic Kidney Disease

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Miscellaneous

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Guideline for Care of a Child with Skin Allergies

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Guideline for Environmental Pollution

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Guideline for When a Dog Bites My Child?

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Guideline for When to Suspect Drug and Substance Abuse?

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Guideline for Genetic Disorders: How to Prevent Recurrence?

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Guidelines for Down Syndrome

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Guideline for Rheumatic Disorders

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Guideline for Child Labor and Rights of Children

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Guideline for I Want to Adopt a Child

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Guideline for Chronic Disease in Children

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Guideline for Care of a Terminally Ill Child

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Guidelines for First Aid

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Guideline for Corona virus Disease-2019 in Children

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Guideline for Yoga for Children

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Guideline for Psychosocial Concerns during Pandemic

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These guidelines are authored and published by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, the national professional association of pediatricians in India, and are shared here for parents' quick reference. View the original source at iapindia.org →