It seems like only last year that I shared — or should I say scared — some Halloween safety tips with parents. This year, I’m unmasking a few safety tips directly to children to ensure their Halloween is far from frightening when it comes to staying safe. So, if you want your children ...

Recently I’ve come face to face with teenagers eager to ask me what is fact and fiction about their developing acne. Let me see if I can break out with some accurate information about some common acne myths. Acne is the most common skin disease in the United States — affecting more than ...

With classroom activities in full-swing, parents have been asking me some honest questions as to what to do if their child is caught cheating. Cheating, as you all know, is when a person deceives others or acts dishonestly on purpose. It can happen at school, in a sport, or at ...

Parents have been itching to ask me questions about their child having pinworms. Let me see if I can scratch the surface on this particular topic. Pinworms are tiny worms that set up shop to lay their eggs in the intestines and affect millions of people yearly — especially school-age ...

One of the saddest questions I get from parents is how to how to help a child cope with the death of a pet. It is important to understand that how a child deals with a pet’s death depends largely on their age and personality. Until children are age 5 or 6, their view of the word is very ...

Parents have been itching to ask me whether their child’s itchy skin could be eczema, so let me do more than skin the surface on this topic. Eczema is a term that describes a skin condition in which the skin gets red and irritated and forms tiny red bumps that can ooze fluid or crust ...