I often find myself face-to-face with parents who want to discuss their children’s bad breath. So, this week let me odor-up or should I say order up some info on bad breath in children. Most bad breath is due to bacterial germs releasing sulfur compounds in the mouth. The more germs, ...

Something amazing about language: We speak it, we read it, we write it ... and we know doodle-squat about it. And more’s the pity when it comes to English, because I find its length and breadth fascinating. For one thing, if English were a dog, it’d be a mixed breed — in other words, a ...

We have a new puppy who loves the cold. With the extreme weather, finding places to let the pup get her wiggles out without losing her in a snowbank is challenging. She is generally well-behaved, like my children, until she is not. This pup can be singularly focused on a particular scent until ...

We had our adult children home over Carnival, which is always a good time for them to reconnect with their former classmates. Our son finished parade night by playing darts with old friends. The next morning, he observed that “none of us are where we thought we’d be six years after high ...