With Thanksgiving around the corner, parents have been grateful for any tips I can give them to help their children learn about gratitude and its importance. Thankfully I can provide some information on this topic. Gratitude is about being thankful for the things we have. It is about ...

With fall here, and winter soon on the way, many parents comment how time simply flew by. Speaking of flu - ‘tis the sneezin’! So, what better time to remind parents about flu shots for their children and what the flu “is and is s-not.” - Some important flu facts for your ...

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 ...