Kids and Teens

If you're a teenager on certain medications, it may seem as if your parents are always bothering you to take your pills on time. Here is a plan to prove that you can be trusted to take care of remembering your medications yourself.

Everything is a bit tricker when you have inflammatory bowel disease -- including dating. But you can still got out with your friends or your latest crush. Learn how.

At times you may need to restrict your diet or stop eating certain foods that could cause problems with your inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis). Learn how to deal with your restricted diet in social situations.

For students with chronic conditions, going away to college can be a difficult experience. Use these Top Picks to make dorm rooms a more comfortable and relaxing place.

Article for kids on how their bowels should work, what to do to keep them healthy, and when to tell a parent there is a problem (great for kids of parents with IBD!).

For kids, all about what happens at the doctors office.

Written for kids, an article about what happens when at the hospital such as admissions, hospital people, and keeping busy.

Great article for kids on what stress is, and how they can keep it under control.

The reasons why a kid might have to go to the ER, what happens there, what it looks like, and the people that are there.

Article for kids about what happens in the operating room when having surgery.

A small listing of medical terms written for kids.

Bullying and teasing is a common experience for children who have IBD. Here are some ideas that kids can use to deal with bullying and teasing.

I'm having a flare-up of my inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and one of my college professors has not been very understanding when I miss class. What can I do?