With summer upon us, parents are hot to ask me about sun protection for their children. Let me see if I have any bright ideas on this topic. First, it is important to remember that there is no such thing as a healthy suntan. One blistering sunburn on a child’s sensitive skin will ...

With the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival here, it has been standing room only with parents’ questions about when they can send their teens or older children to a summer concert — and what safety precautions should be reinforced if they do. Let me see if I can take the educational stage ...

Parents have been asking me to step to it and provide some information on intoeing in their infants and toddlers. Let me put my best foot forward about this topic. Definition and causes Intoeing is a condition in which the feet curve inward instead of pointing straight ahead. It can ...

Memorial Day is a time to think about those who have given their lives defending our country. Parents who have a partner or close relative who is going to be deployed for a military assignment away from home, or has already been deployed, have been asking me to do my duty and help them help ...

Parents have been asking me an eyeful of questions about styes and whether they should worry if their child gets one. Let me see if I can shed some vision on their concerns and provide some information on this topic. A stye, also called a hordeolum, is a red, tender, sometimes painful ...

Every day as a pediatrician, I get to hear from a lot of moms (including my own) which brings me to Mother’s Day — a time to celebrate Mom for the special person she is. I thought I would share with children and dads some of the gifts mom really would like to get for her special day that ...