Pacifier

Pain
    abdominal*
    back*
    bone, muscle, and joint*
    chest *
    diary
    drug dosages for relief *
    headache*
    limb *
    neck, acute *
    with urination*

Pale skin

Parenting
    (see also Behavior; Discipline)
    adoption
    childproofing the home
    day care, helping your child adjust
    divorce, helping children cope *
    economics of a new baby
    emotions of new mother
    isolation and friendships
    mother working outside the home, advice for *
    moving, helping child adjust
    problems of early parenthood
    remarriage, helping children cope
    sex education for young children
    sexually abused child
    sibling rivalry with newborn *
    single parenting
    sleep problems, prevention of *
    stepparenting
    toy safety
        child (age 6 to 9 years)
        infant (0 to 18 months)
        preschooler (3 to 6 years)%
        toddler (age 18 months to 3 years)

Paronychia*

Partial vision loss

Parvovirus

Passive smoking
    effect on children *

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (runner's knee)*
    illustration *

Peanut allergy

Pediculosis capitis (head lice)*

Pediculosis pubis (crab lice)

Pediculosis pubis (crab lice) (teen version)

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Peer interaction skills

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) (teen version) *

Penis
    circumcision care and problems *
    decision to circumcise *
    foreskin care and problems *

Perthes disease

Pertussis (whooping cough)

Pes planus

Pets
    mistreating

Pharyngitis*

Phenobarbital

Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Phenylketonuria (PKU), newborn screening test

Physical abuse
    effects of family violence on children
    parenting sexually abused child
    protecting children from sexual assault
    shaken baby syndrome

Physical fighting and spitting

Physical punishment *

Physician visits
    comforting your child
    making visits easier
    preparation for calling a physician *

Picky eaters *

Pierced-ear infection*

Pimple *

Pink eye -- See Conjunctivitis

Pinworm*

Pityriasis alba

Pityriasis rosea

Play
    independent
        teaching
    toy safety and materials
        child (age 6 to 9 years)
        infant (0 to 18 months)
        preschooler (3 to 6 years)
        toddler (age 18 months to 3 years)

Pneumonia*

Pneumothorax in newborn

Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac
    illustration *

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Poisoning
    prevention *

Poisonous plants

Poking and stalling about dressing

Polio vaccine
    reactions
    schedule *

Pool safety, diarrhea

Portuguese man-of-war or jellyfish sting *

Position for sleep for young infants *

Positional plagiocephaly

Postinfectious arthritis

Postnasal drip*

Postpartum blues *

Postpartum breast engorgement

Precocious puberty
    boys
    girls

Precordial catch syndrome *

Pregnancy prevention (teen version) *

Premature baby
    anemia
    apnea
    care of infant weighing less than 3 pounds
    infection
    intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)
    respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
    transient tachypnea (TTN)

Preparation for calling a physician *

Preschool

Prevention
    aggressive behavior
    animal bites *
    bicycle safety
    burns *
    childproofing the home
    choking *
    diarrhea from contaminated pool water
    drowning
    electrical shock *
    flu shot
    head injury *
    heat reactions *
    heat, smoke, and carbon monoxide detectors
    hot water temperature
    lead poisoning
    passive smoking *
    poisoning *
    pregnancy *
    sexually transmitted disease *
    sleep problems, infant *
    spoiled children
    suffocation deaths of infants and toddlers *
    sunburn*
    tooth decay *
    trampoline injuries
    walkers, dangers of

Pseudostuttering *

Puberty
    for boys *
    for girls *
    precocious
        boys
        girls

Public places
    teaching good behavior

Pulling at ear *

Puncture wound*

Punishment -- See Discipline

Purpura, anaphylactoid

Pyelonephritis

Pyloric stenosis

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