Lately, they don't seem so bad, but he still gets them.
Headaches are quite common in childhood.
One half of all children report having non-frequent headaches, and up to seven percent of children under the age of 15 report having frequent headaches. Girls and boys have the same frequency of headaches prior to puberty. After puberty, there seems to be a greater prevalence of headaches in girls. And as anyone who has had a bad headache will tell you, it can cause quite a disruption in both family and school life. Evaluation and treatment of headaches depends upon what type of headaches are occurring.