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01Avoiding Premature Death48 guides02Preventing Chronic Decline47 guides03Protecting Your Mental Energy27 guides04Stopping Time Wasters18 guides05Cutting Financial Waste50 guides06The Anti-Checklist35 guides07Surviving Broke23 guides08Staying Out of Trouble46 guides09Everyday Legal Traps29 guides10The Economics of Dating and Marriage23 guides11Legal Boundaries for Developers21 guides12Starting and Running a Business28 guides13Handling Emergencies48 guides14Digital Security and Privacy12 guides15Renting and Buying a Home18 guides16Managing Chronic Illness14 guides17Caring for Aging Parents13 guides18The True Cost of Raising Kids7 guides19Workplace Rights and Injuries24 guides20Newborn Survival Guide17 guides21International Travel Safety13 guides22Science-Backed Relaxation12 guides23High-Leverage Skills to Learn25 guides24Navigating Healthcare15 guides25Handling End-of-Life Affairs12 guides26Building a Compliant Platform13 guides27Pregnancy and Childbirth20 guides28Appearance vs. Health10 guides29Recovering from Major Life Blows14 guides30Raising School-Age Kids21 guides31Life Paths After Eighteen17 guides32Studying Abroad Pragmatically12 guides33Navigating Life with Disability21 guides34Safe Home Medication12 guides

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Chapter 30 · Guide 12Author's grade B

If poor vision is detected, go to the hospital for cycloplegic refraction and follow up at the recommended intervals as advised by the doctor.

Cycloplegic refraction involves using special eye drops that relax the eye’s focusing muscles, allowing an accurate measurement of refractive errors. …

Cost
The examination and glasses fitting typically cost several tens to several hundred yuan. A…
Benefit
The “Ten Core Principles for Preventing and Controlling Myopia in Children and Adolescents…
Chapter 30 · Guide 13Author's grade A

Pit and fissure sealants applied after permanent molars emerge

Pit and fissure sealants involve filling the grooves on the chewing surfaces of molars with a special resin so food particles can’t get trapped there.…

Cost
Each application costs just a few dozen to a couple of hundred yuan — specifically, betwee…
Benefit
This conclusion comes from 38 separate trials involving 7,924 children aged 5–16, all sele…
Chapter 30 · Guide 14Author's grade B

If a child loves playing games, first check whether sleep, homework, and outdoor activities are being crowded out — don’t just focus on how long they play.

Only about two or three out of every hundred kids truly meet the criteria for “gaming disorder.” If surveys use very low thresholds and target only te…

Cost
No cost at all. Simply keep an eye each week on what time your child goes to bed, whether …
Benefit
One meta-analysis combined results from 53 studies conducted in 17 countries, involving 22…
Chapter 30 · Guide 15Author's grade B

If a child says they’re attracted to the same sex, don’t scold them, don’t kick them out, and don’t send them for “conversion therapy”: how your family reacts can affect whether they attempt suicide.

Among Chinese middle‑school students, those who are attracted only to the opposite sex are far less likely to attempt suicide than peers who are attra…

Cost
There is no financial cost. The real challenge is for parents to manage their own emotions…
Benefit
A nationwide survey of 150,822 students from grades 7‑12 in 506 schools across seven provi…
Chapter 30 · Guide 16Author's grade ADisputed

Do not hit your child, and do not yell or call them stupid: children who are often hit or verbally abused show more behavior and emotional problems

Children who are often physically punished show more aggression and psychological problems, feel more distant from parents, and receive harsher beatin…

Cost
No money. The hard part is stopping your hands and mouth in the heat of the moment and swi…
Benefit
For physical punishment, one meta-analysis counted only open-hand spanking of the buttocks…
Chapter 30 · Guide 17Author's grade A

If parenting feels out of control and you keep hitting or yelling, take a class that teaches concrete parenting skills

Parenting programs that teach specific techniques reduce children’s hitting and rule-breaking in randomized trials, and parents’ mood improves. Parent…

Cost
Parent schools run by schools, kindergartens, and communities are public and free. Evidenc…
Benefit
Cochrane pooled 13 trials, 10 randomized, 1,078 parents of children aged 3–12 with behavio…
Chapter 30 · Guide 18Author's grade CMedia only

Never enroll your child in enclosed "internet addiction bootcamps" or "special disciplinary academies": Statutory law prohibits methods that harm physical or psychological health, and multiple children have died in confinement

The law explicitly prohibits any intervention for minor internet addiction that infringes upon a child's physical or mental health. In Hefei, an unreg…

Cost
Zero financial cost—and saves substantial tuition fees. The real friction is psychological…
Benefit
Article 68 of the Law on the Protection of Minors strictly provides: "No organization or i…
Chapter 30 · Guide 19Author's grade B

Teach children to identify private body parts, instruct them to report any inappropriate touch or secrecy demands, and believe without blaming if they disclose

Educational programs teaching children personal safety significantly increase protective self-defense behaviors in simulated stranger-lure evaluations…

Cost
Free. Involves brief conversational explanations during everyday routines such as bathing …
Benefit
A 2015 Cochrane systematic review of 24 school-based education trials (5,802 students aged…
Chapter 30 · Guide 20Author's grade B

Do not allow children under 12 years old to ride bicycles on public roads, or under 16 to ride electric bicycles: parents bear civil liability for damages and contributory fault in collisions

Chinese traffic regulations mandate that riders must be at least 12 years old to operate bicycles on public roads, and at least 16 years old to operat…

Cost
Free; requires arranging alternative school commutes (public transit, walking, or parental…
Benefit
Article 72 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Road Traffic Safety Law specif…
Chapter 30 · Guide 21Author's grade B

If a child sustains a head impact during sports followed by headache, dizziness, or confusion, remove them from play for the rest of the day; seek emergency medical care for repeated vomiting, progressive drowsiness, or worsening headache

Young athletes who continue playing after a concussion take on average 44 days to recover, compared to just 22 days for those removed from play immedi…

Cost
Free. Involves removing the child from training or athletic competition for the remainder …
Benefit
A clinical study tracking 69 adolescent athletes (mean age 15) with sports-related concuss…