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Swimming Safety Tips for Children

With summer in full swing, kids are spending time splashing around in pools and having a blast! That said, parents are appropriately anxious any time their kids are near water. Drowning continues to be the number one cause

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Tips For Well Care Visits / Check Ups

Summer is here! And it brings forms, lots of camp and sports forms . . . And check ups! To prepare for, and to help make your child most comfortable during, your next well care visits, here are

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Safe fun in the sun!

  Reading sunscreen labels can seem like staring at alphabet soup-SPF, UVA, UVB- but what does it all mean and what actually matters? SPF stands for sun protection factor and is a measure of how long a sunscreen

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Pediatric Seasonal Allergies

Pediatric seasonal allergies are a common concern for parents, affecting millions of children each year. With spring and summer just around the corner, it’s important to know what to look out for and what treatment options are available

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Mindfulness for Parents

Mindfulness, or the intentional practice of bringing one’s attention to the present-moment experience without judgment, has become a buzzword lately after the popularization by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and the development of smartphone apps like Headspace and Calm. It

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12 Tips for Teaching Children Gratitude

By: Kathleen Berchelmann, MD, FAAP  (Adapted from healthychildren.org) Tired of bickering, jealousy, and selfishness? Kids are naturally materialistic and self-serving– but the good news is that gratitude can be taught. And from gratitude flows joy. Teaching Children Gratitude

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Get Your Teenager (and Yourself) to Bed!

Most adolescents are back in school now and slowly starting to dream of those summer days that allowed them to sleep in and stay up late. Truly, many of us wish there were more hours in the day

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Mindfulness for Parents

Mindfulness, or the intentional practice of bringing one’s attention to the present-moment experience without judgment, has become a buzzword lately

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