With hunting season in full swing, parents have been taking aim to ask me if there are any safety guidelines that I might suggest for older children who want to join their parents in this activity. Thanks to hunter safety programs, the number of injuries that occur from hunting are far less ...

With election day approaching, parents have been campaigning for me to help them help their children better understand what the presidential election - or any election - is all about. Talking about the issues that are in the news around an election, especially those that can affect your ...

It seems like only last year that I was teaching you a few safety tricks so that Halloween could be a treat for you and your children. Well, here we are a year later, and many of you are asking me for a few more hints so that Halloween is not a safety nightmare for anyone. - If you are a ...

With Halloween approaching, parents have been scaring me with questions about their younger children’s fears of ghosts, monsters, and simply going out in the dark at night to trick-or-treat. Well let me try to have the courage to answer some of those questions and provide some fearless ...

Parents of new babies have been asking me more and more questions about what the best and safest way is to put their infants down to sleep. Well, I don’t want to lie down on the job on this one - so let me provide some information on the subject. Recently, the American Academy of ...

Parents have been asking me an earful of questions about how often to screen their infants, children and teenagers for hearing problems. Well let me see if I can make some noise on this important topic. Every year an estimated 6,000 babies are born in the United States with abnormal ...