[Sign up to receive NYT Parenting in your inbox every Wednesday] When I found out one of my kids had head lice, my knee-jerk instinct was to burn down my house and walk away from it all. That seemed ...

If your child wakes up scratching their bottom at night, pay close attention - that persistent nighttime itching is the most common sign of pinworms. This itch, often worse after bedtime, can mean ...

It’s spring, which means all the little critters of the world hatch and come out … and that makes pediatricians think of pinworms. That’s what you were thinking of, right? Pinworms, or Enterbiasis ...