Parents have been pinning me down with all sorts of questions about what to say to their teen who wants to have parts of their body pierced or tattooed. Well, let me see if I can push through with some information on this topic. National Data on Tattoos and Piercings National data ...

Parents have been anything but “faint” of heart to ask me about what to do if their child or teenager should experience a fainting episode. Well, let me pass out some information on this topic. Fainting represents a temporary loss of consciousness. This is a result of blood not ...

Parents have recently been serving up lots of questions regarding their child’s nutrition based on more fiction than facts. This week I thought I would do some myth-busting of some common nutritional myths. - Popular myths - Is taking a daily multivitamin giving your child all ...

As many of you may have heard, MyNBC5’s Meteorologist Tyler Jankowski has been so interested in what I have had to share on my First with Kids segments that he has decided to give up reporting the weather and apply to medical school! I, in turn, have begun to take courses in meteorology so ...

Parents have been spoiling me with questions about what they can do to make sure they are not spoiling their child. Well, let me not be selfish and lavish you with some information on this topic. While you can never really spoil an infant with too much love and attention, as your infant ...

Parents have been asking me some eye-opening questions about whether or not their child might be getting pinkeye. Well, let me see what I can tell you about this problem. Pinkeye gets its name because it describes the pink or reddish appearance of what is normally the white part of the ...