SCREEN TIME VS. DREAM TIME Promoting Healthy Sleep Before the onset of the pandemic, parents were grappling with the effects of screen time on …
HEALTH & SAFETY
How to Talk to Your Child About Their Positive COVID-19 Results
How to Talk to Your Child About Their Positive COVID-19 Results BY AMANDA SUPLEE, Ph.D. & HAILEY NELSON, M.D., FAAP FOR THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF P…
Beat Heart Disease
Beat Heart Disease “Do one thing a day, and by the end of the month, you—and your family—will have a healthier heart,” says cardiologist Suzanne Stein…
Fitness Trends for the New Year
Shifting Wellness Attitudes Shape Fitness Trends for the New Year In adjusting to the constraints of the pandemic, many Americans had to improvise whe…
Choosing Safe Toys
Choosing Safe Toys Millions of toys are out there, and hundreds of new ones hit the stores each year. Toys are supposed to be fun and are an important…
Pediatric Asthma
Pediatric Asthma Tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics on How to Reduce Attacks and Ease Your Child’s Wheezing The fall season doesn’t j…
Is Your Child Faking Illness?
Is Your Child Faking Illness? By Teri Cettina My youngest daughter has long been a frequent visitor to the school nurse (tummy aches) an…
Long-Haul COVID-19 in Kids
Long-Haul COVID-19 in Children and Teens By Peter Rowe, MD, FAAP for the American Academy of Pediatrics Most kids and teens who test positive f…
Reduce Your Risk for Diabetes
Diabetes Is at an All-Time High: So Reduce Your Risk and Know the Symptoms By Kimberly Blaker Today, more than a third of all American adults h…
Bladder Matters
Bladder Matters By Sandra Gordon While playing in the park one day with her toddler son, Missy Lavender felt the sudden urge to go, as in to th…