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A healthy diet will provide the right building blocks for growth and development and support tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) with type 1 diabetes to keep active and feel well.

To give others easy access to KidsHealth's content for parents and whānau on learning, development, health and wellbeing in preschoolers, you can share a QR code poster. Anyone can scan one of the QR codes with their phone and go straight to the relevant KidsHealth page.

Check information about COVID-19 vaccination in tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people). Find out about having the COVID-19 vaccine when pregnant or breastfeeding.

Pēpi (babies) and tamariki (children) can get free protection from meningococcal B disease with the MenB (Bexsero) vaccine.

Photos and words to help you talk to your child about what happens when they visit a dental therapist.  

Vaping rates in rangatahi (young people) continue to increase in Aotearoa New Zealand. Vaping is harmful to tamariki (children) and rangatahi - it can have an impact on their health and wellbeing. 

Consider checking out some inspirational trans and nonbinary people.

To give others easy access to KidsHealth's content on cancer and education information, you can share a QR code poster. Anyone can scan the QR code with their phone and go straight to KidsHealth's content on cancer and education.

Bonding with your baby can happen whether you breastfeed or feed your baby with a bottle (either expressed breastmilk or infant formula). Practice responsive feeding when bottle feeding.

Gender dysphoria can be the experience of distress or discomfort with your body's sex characteristics or the gender role assigned to you. Check out some ideas that could help.

To give others easy access to KidsHealth's content on emotional and mental wellbeing in tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people), you can share a QR code poster. Anyone can scan the QR code with their phone and go straight to the KidsHealth emotional and mental wellbeing section.

It is important tube-fed tamariki (children) are in the correct position when eating and drinking. Tamariki need to sit upright with their hips, knees and ankles at 90-degree angles. This will help them coordinate the muscles needed to eat. It will also help them focus on eating, rather than keeping their bodies upright.

Watch a series of videos. The first video, 'The REAL Sex Talk', is an introduction to gender identity. The video series from InsideOUT celebrates the diversity of the rainbow community and features rangatahi (young people) talking about their experiences.

To give others easy access to KidsHealth's content on parenting teens, you can share a QR code poster. Anyone can scan the QR code with their phone and go straight to the KidsHealth section on parenting teens. 

If your teenager is experiencing bullying, anxiety or depression, there are some things you can do to support them. It is important to get help if you are concerned about your teen's emotional and mental wellbeing. 

To give others easy access to KidsHealth's content on a range of illnesses affecting chest, lungs and breathing, you can share a QR code poster. Anyone can scan one of the QR codes with their phone and go straight to the relevant KidsHealth page.