Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
We live in a society obsessed with outside beauty so it’s no wonder that parents whose children are born with any imperfection worry endlessly about how their child will be accepted in society. As parents, though, our job is to make sure our kids see themselves as much more than whatever obstacles are tossed their way, as tough as that may be.
Turn Off Week always falls during Spring Vacation. Tune in as I talk about ways to deconnect, stay sane, and why the timing is perfect for your family!
Have you ever consulted a doctor for an opinion about your health but found yourself unsure whether to follow the advice given? Even as a physician, I’ve been in that position and it isn’t at all comfortable.
Fostering healthy eating and fitness is often a wrestling match of Olympic proportions. In one corner, our kids highly motivated but under trained in the rules of health. In the other, the tag team of activity and food which can change as fast as a chameleon from working for the health of your child to a pure health enemy.
Allergic reaction to urushiol oil from the poison ivy/oak/sumac leaves. The rhyme “leave three let them be!” can help kids remember to avoid clusters of three leaves together. 85% of kids can have allergic reactions to the oil.
Turn Off Week (formerly TV Turn Off Week) always seems to fall during April Vacation! On the one hand, that’s brilliant timing. With most families of kids in front of screens on the go, you can’t hand pick a better time to ask people to avoid screens for an entire week. On the other hand, with screens so ubiquitous, even avoiding them on vacation is easier said than done, as we discovered last year in New York City.
Shopping for groceries the other day, my kids noticed this product that made us all stop in our tracks:
Bullying is on the rise and putting all our kids at risk, on and off line. Tune in to this week’s show, the third of this important series, as I welcome Stephen Balkam, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute to help us understand the importance of digital citizenship in the online world as a buffer for challenging events, including bullying, and as a necessary aspect of living in today’s world in general.
It’s always gratifying when another blog recognizes your blog in a “top blogs” list, especially when that blogger is a member of your own profession.
Potty training, or, as I like to call it, ‘potty guiding’, is a toddler rite of passage no family can ignore, side-step or skip. In the thick of it, you wonder if you will ever get through it sanely and ask often if your child will ever “get there”…finally become potty trained. Once there, though, you smile knowing it’s over and you all can move on!
