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Category Archives: Parenting
A teenager’s rules of life
The young men and women who join the military and volunteer to put their...
Library to host Youth Sports health lecture next week
Library to host Youth Sports health lecture next week By SAMANTHA HEARNPublished: May 31,...
Parents: Put Down Your Smartphones
Taken from the AAP and used with permission. Too much tech and too little...
Youth Sports
One of the great thing about summer is kids being able to spend more...
Good Dads Teach These Virtues
Today’s post is from Lifezette The investment in a child’s moral development truly trumps...
All Love Is Tough Love
This post is from Music City Moms. A post I just read reminded...
Where you are is where you want to be, or it it?
“There is a moment in all of our lives when we must shift from...
Youth Violence Epidemic
We have an epidemic of youth violence in Nashville, not as bad as many...
What does it take to change a boy into a man?
Sorry if the stories below offend you. They offend me too, but they need...
Sleep as medicine
Sometimes we forget that Nature has as many “cures” as doctors, maybe more. ...
How to keep a post-prom party from going wrong while making sure everyone has a good time.
Spring brings forth proms, and proms suggest post-prom parties, and post-prom parties often cause...
Kids are an extension of their parent. Or, are they?
Over the weekend Mary and I stopped for lunch at one of our favorite...
A short course in parenting – Ten things every parent should know!
The father of a two year old son, asked: What do I need to know to...
Why you should feed your baby peanut butter!
When one of our sons was about 5 months old he refused to let...
School start times
There is an effort in many school districts to start high school later in...
Smart and healthy kids
Aces and kindergarten performance You will remember me talking about the Irish and American...
Chocolate is a health food!
Chocolate is a health food! So get ready for a happy Valentine’s Day! Just in...
Gratitude
We have all heard the benefits of living a life of gratitude. There’s so...
New Health Alert for Pregnant Women
As much as I dislike scarring people and causing panic, I think this information...
Adoption as miracle
I’m convinced I have the best job in the world. I wouldn’t have wanted...
Be prepared with the Eagle Scout Court
In my last post I told how my Christmas season had begun with the...
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and may God bless you, everyone! Last week I received my first,...
Kids and Santa*
With Christmastime here, the question often arises: what should we do with our kids and...
Don’t apologize to me!
I get so tired of hearing celebrities and politicians apologizing for thing they...
When can kids with strep throat go back to school?
The comments below are taken from an article published last month is the Medscape Medical...
Mama know best
Here is a parenting lesson from Anon*. Pictured is...
Greatest Achievements in Pediatrics in the Past 40 years – 5
It was a beautiful Fourth of July in Hartford, Wisconsin, and Mary and I...
Please talk politics with your kids!
Most of my readers know that I work for Nashville MEPS (Military Entrance Processing...
Greatest Advancements in pediatrics in the past 40 years – 4
Let’s put Frosty Puppy News aside for a minute, and return to the...
The greatest advancements in Pediatrics in the past 40 years–3 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
I don’t have to imagine how wonderful it feels to put your baby in...
The greatest advancements in pediatrics in the past 40 years
Last winter the American Academy of Pediatrics gave a presentation to Congress with the...
What Motivates Us?
Jeremy was a big, handsome Black man of 23 years who wanted to join...
What is the most common chronic disease of childhood?
Last century, when I began my pediatric practice, measles, German measles (Rubella), mumps, chicken...
How (and where) to have tough talks with your kids
Taken in full from a post in The Tennessean on line April 27, 2015...