Proper Medication Dosage to Give Your Kids

It’s late. Your child has spiked a fever, so you reach inside the medicine cabinet. But wait – do you know how much of that acetaminophen you can give in one dose? And what are you using to measure it? More than half of all parents incorrectly – and usually, accidentally – improperly dose medication. Here’s some advice to ensure you’re in the other half of that statistic.

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