Kids and Teens
Support and information especially for children and teens with Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Why Don’t My Parents Trust Me to Take My Medications?
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.
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.
How Can I Date When I Have IBD?
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.
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.
What do I do when my friends want to have food that I can't eat?
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.
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.
Top 5 Picks for Dorm Room Comfort
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.
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.
Are Your Bowels Moving?
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!).
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!).
Going to the Doctor
For kids, all about what happens at the doctors office.
For kids, all about what happens at the doctors office.
Going to the Hospital
Written for kids, an article about what happens when at the hospital such as admissions, hospital people, and keeping busy.
Written for kids, an article about what happens when at the hospital such as admissions, hospital people, and keeping busy.
The Story on Stress
Great article for kids on what stress is, and how they can keep it under control.
Great article for kids on what stress is, and how they can keep it under control.
Surgery Central
Personal experiences from kids and teens regarding surgery for IBD.
Personal experiences from kids and teens regarding surgery for IBD.
Teens With Crohn's Disease Feedback and Experiences
Organized by the month submitted, hundreds of personal stories about battles with Crohn's disease written by teens.
Organized by the month submitted, hundreds of personal stories about battles with Crohn's disease written by teens.
What Happens in the Emergency Room?
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.
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.
What Happens in the Operating Room?
Article for kids about what happens in the operating room when having surgery.
Article for kids about what happens in the operating room when having surgery.
Word! A Glossery of Medical Terms
A small listing of medical terms written for kids.
A small listing of medical terms written for kids.