As the weather starts to turn cold, parents think it’s a gas to use wood stoves for home heating. I think that’s great as long as the gas coming out of that stove isn’t carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide poisoning affects 10,000 people per year — and 800 to 1,000 die from it. Why ...

Recently I have found parents have been losing sleep because they are worried about their children having nightmares and night terrors. - What’s the difference between a nightmare and a night terror? - Nightmares are simply scary dreams occurring in 25% of children at least once a ...

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 ...