With school back in session, parents have been riding up and asking me what they can tell their children regarding safety and the school bus. Let me put the brakes on some of their concerns and provide some information on this topic. School buses are probably the safest form of highway ...

With next week being National Childhood Injury Prevention Week, parents have been asking for my aid — I guess you would say “First” aid — regarding what they should keep in a first-aid kit. Let me bandage up those concerns and provide some answers on this topic. Each year, ...

With school starting soon, parents have been quite attentive with their questions about school attendance and how concerned they should be when their child must miss school for one reason or another. I will attend to these concerns and provide some information on absenteeism and the problems ...

With the fall season approaching, children are out and about, and parents want to enroll them in all kinds of fall weather sports activities. Parents often ask me when a child is ready to try a team sport. Let me try to be game enough to answer that question. - Benefits of playing a ...

Since Aug. 1-7 was World Breastfeeding Week, breastfeeding mothers have been asking me lots of questions about what they should be eating to ensure they and their babies stay healthy when they breastfeed. - Important nutritional information - Breastfeeding mothers need at least 300-500 ...

Parents have been dosing out lots of questions about how to give medications properly to their children and avoid unnecessary errors. This week, I’ll prescribe some helpful information on this topic. Medication errors are a common occurrence. In fact, a recent study in the journal ...