Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
Last year, the Florida State legislature attempted to gag pediatricians from discussing gun safety with families. That law, referred to as the docs n’ Glocks Law, was overturned by a Federal Judge this past September after strong rallying by the [...]
A child’s backpack is an amazing amalgam of fashion and function. As our kids get older, the look of the bag becomes as important as what is inside. As important, if not more, is the ultimate size of the bag when loaded!
Looking for some homework helpers for the new school year? Here’s a list in progress of sites that have helped my kids over the years.
My family has a tradition of getting all our back-to-school shopping completed just before our big end of the summer vacation. Lunch boxes used to be big ticket back to school items but since my girls are teens now, this ritual is, as Hillary Duff once sang, “so yesterday”!
With another school year around the corner, it’s time to dust off the cobwebs collecting on the backpacks and lunch boxes tossed in some closet last June and recognize that those “back to school” sales we see just about everywhere are not for “other people” any more but our own kids!
Preparing for a new school year is always challenging, and always catches even the most organized of parents off guard. In the blink of an eye, summer is over and we’re in school mode again – just like that!
The 2009-2010 school year game plan was simple enough: avoid the wide spread school closings that occurred at the end of the 2008-2009 school year when H1N1 first came into our lives.
Dear Dr. Gwenn:
My question is regarding children’s illnesses. I am not a parent but I work with 60 elementary school children. I have completed a senior first aid course so I am capable of assessing and treating severe illness when it comes up but I’m not particularly comfortable what to do when a child complains of illness yet shows little if any symptoms.
