Cheap Ways to Prevent the Flu

From school to the playground to playdates and more, our tots come in contact with germs every day. With severe flu season under way — the state of Massachusetts has already declared a public health emergency and 29 states are already seeing high levels of influenza-like illness — we've found four easy ways to help prevent your lil one from coming down with the viruses. You don't need to spend a fortune to protect them — in fact, each of these preventative measures costs less than $5.