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3 Ways To Stop Your Kid From Being A Walking Petri Dish, Per A Pediatrician

3 Ways To Stop Your Kid From Being A Walking Petri Dish, Per A Pediatrician

Guido Mieth/Getty ImagesMost parents can relate to the joyous feeling of their child(ren) finally returning to school after summer break and, by mid-fall, (hopefully) hitting that back-to-school-routine stride. And conversely, the underlying anxiety of knowing it’s only a matter of time before they get sick and have to stay home. It’s a question worth asking: Is there anything we can do to prevent our kids from being a petri dish at school? I spoke with Dr. Brittany Odom, a board-certified pediatrician, mom, and trusted pediatric health educator, to see if she had any useful advice on preventi...

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