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 [...]
No doubt we live in worry filled times. From the stock market to our kids, there’s no shortage of issues we can come up with to angst over in any given day. Interestingly, our collective concerns over our children and [...]
Have you noticed how just about everything is occurring earlier in the lives of kids than it did when we were kids? Today’s kids are expected to achieve milestones earlier than the past and fine-tune their preferences for the future [...]
You’re likely heard by now that some parents were ordering lollipops spit on – yes, I did type “spit on” – by children infected by chicken pop to attempt to infect their how children with the virus. Here are the [...]
In our day and age of reality shows, people seem to forget that life isn’t a made for TV anything. Some lives are captured and shown on TV, and those lives are somewhat produced for those shows. But, the majority [...]
As a digital photography nut, I’m constantly on the hunt for inspirational photo taking prompts. One of the photo groups I belong to sends out a weekly theme to help focus our shots. This week’s theme is “shelves”. So, it [...]
It’s an all too familiar scenario these days. One minute we are happily going about our lives and the next we hear that another unexpected horrible world event has occurred. I knew immediately by the expression on my husband’s face that something in the world was amiss. I quickly went to turn off the TV news but it was too late – my ten year old daughter had already heard that there were explosions in London. “Was it as bad as 9/11? Do you think they’ll catch the bad guys this time?”
There is one rite of passage that all families have to endure before school can begin…back to school shopping.And, it can tell you a great deal about you…as a parent!
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!
Are you going to see Harry Potter this weekend? How are your kids dealing with the “end” of this much beloved decade long saga? If your kids are like mine, they’ve been counting down the days until the opening of [...]
