Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
Technology sometimes gets a bad rap but the truth is it can be one of the best ways to stay in touch with the people we care about. Whether’s it’s a quick, “hi” or a reminder to your kids about [...]
Last weekend, we decided to head out for a quick lunch at our local Boston Market. Once we received our food and drinks, we went to find a table and walked the table you see able – abandoned plates and [...]
Never say never. One of these days it will happen, guaranteed. You will be on the trip of a life time, the very trip you’ve been planning for months, when suddenly you hear that poorly timed comment “Mom, I’m not feeling so great”. You’ll freeze and immediately think: “this can’t be happening!”
A former physical education teacher in my home town, John Passarini, once told me: “No child is disabled. They are all just differently abled.” That was his philosophy during his many years teaching generations of kids in our town and [...]
With the federal health reform bill inching closer to becoming a true law, it’s still up for debate whether it will begin to put a dent in turning around our very confusing health care system.
My high school daughter left for school the other day in her sneakers…with feet of snow and ice on the ground!
Don’t tell this to my kids – but my favorite place to sled as a kid was a hill in the woods behind a friend’s house. And, my second favorite hill was at the high school, Senior Hill, which ended at the driveway entering the campus. Talk about violating just about every sledding rule there is! If I only knew then what I know now.
It’s hard to tell what’s wearing on people quicker these days…the constant shoveling or the dipping temperatures.
A’s in school. Elite sports teams. All-year sports. Weekend sports games. Weekend music rehearsals. Evening play rehearsals. First chair in orchestras and bands. National competitions in academics, sports and the arts. Hours of homework each night. State testing. School tests [...]
