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Tweens

  • Of Bracelets and Breast Exams

    Move over liveStrong bracelets, move over Silly Bandz. Just when you thought you threw away the your last Oriental Trading Company gadget, here come “I Love Boobies” bracelets.  As I see the…

  • Stopping a bully: Talk, Walk, Squawk and Support

    Can you identify your child in any of these scenarios? -Your second grader comes off the school bus crying because another student was teasing him the entire ride home about his new…

  • Evaluating Vaccine Sites on the Internet

    A concerned parent wrote to us: Can you please read this and comment?www.thinktwice. com. I’m terrified to vaccinate due to sites like these. There seems to be many horrifying stories out there to…

  • Rotten News: A Salmonella Story

    Eeew! Pictured is the raw chicken I left sitting out in a pot for a day (inadvertently, of course).  The putrid mess was teaming with germs and amongst them was probably salmonella.…

  • Back to School Transitions

    Ah…you’ve tucked in your tired kids, now kick back and take out your Kleenex while you read Dr. Lai’s personal letter to her own child as she started school. The post is meant for…

  • Avoid back strain- what to look for in a school backpack

    Just in time for the fall sales,  physical therapist Dr. Deborah Stack returns to give us the low-down on backpacks. ———————————- Believe it or not, there are only a few weeks left…

  • It’s a tough pill to swallow

    In the wake of liquid Tylenol and Motrin recalls, some parents are facing empty shelves of liquid medications in the stores. Check to see if your child weighs enough to take the…

  • Oy! Soy! Will it girlify your boy?

    Debunking myths about soy, our guest blogger today is esteemed pediatrician Dr. Roy Benaroch. In practice near Atlanta, Georgia, he is an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at Emory University, a father of three, and the…

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