What does it take to be an effective parent?
As much as it might scare you, your children mirror you. They reflect your...
How many people die in Tennessee every year from smoking? How many in the USA? What can you do about it?
I received the letter below from the Tennessee Department of Health on May 22;...
Can a parent really teach their kids to be good people?
As a pediatrician I am always searching for ways to help parents, parent. I...
What do you think when your grandsons graduate from college?
Sean, Janet, Grandma Joanne, and Patrick. I just have to brag about two...
We’re all going to miss George!
Some how you can’t live in Nashville and not love George Jones. I never...
How can I control my anger?
In my last blog you remember my discussion of anger. Lot’s of people are...
What is anger really all about?
I just heard this morning of another school shooting; this one in Illinois. I...
Take a restful break, After a week like this one, take a minute and enjoy these sweet, loving creatures!
http://snowflowercotons.com/ View Full Album Now, don’t you feel better? For more fun times, visit...
Top Ten “Commandments” For Proactive Parents
Today’s blog is taken from the February, 2013, YOUTH THINK Newsletter. It’s never to...
Is Coffee Too Good to be Good for Us Foodies?
What could taste better than a freshly brewed cup of...
How Do Teenagers Overcome Death of a Loved One or Three?
I work a couple of mornings at the Military Entrance Processing Station, MEPS, doing...
Does your child have ADHD? Do you? How about your dad, mother, or uncles and aunts? Maybe we all have it?
I am alarmed but not surprised that the CDC reported a 41% increase in...
What have you learned from your kids lately?
It seems like I have been learning from my kids from the day they...
Where are our Fathers?
As you may know, I work part time for the military doing physical...
Peer Pressure / Peer Permission
There are probably three kinds of peer pressure. The most common kind is a...
Are you thinking about hosting a post-prom party?
With Spring in the air, can high school proms be far behind? They will...
Where Have I Been?
If you have missed me, it’s not because I wasn’t thinking about you all!...
How Can We Take Time To Be With Our Kids?
There’s a story going around the internet about a boy who asked his dad...
Why Is Everybody Teaching Our Kids to Lie?
Yesterday I met a pleasant, handsome young man of 19 years. During the conversion...
Is kindergarten (pre-school) for 4year olds a good or bad idea?
I do not intend to make a political statement, so please bear with...
Could you survive tragedy?
A week or two ago I had the fortune of meeting Jamie Wells, a...
Dealing with tragedy
I met a wonderful lady last week. Her daughter was murdered while running in...
Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee; Which are you?
This is written by Debby Jones and taken from her newsletter, Be The Change,...
Why Is Parenting So Hard? Or isn’t it?
I posted this last summer, but this month is one year since Clay’s accident...
Kids and Diets
Some years ago I was the pediatrician for a family of two obese elementary...
Germs Make Me Sick, But….
Technorati Tags: Flu,inflluenza,germs,Germs,Make Me Sick,washing hands,flu shots As a pediatrician I ...
Is Adolescent Medicine a Useless Specialty?
When I decided to concentrate my practice on adolescent medicine, I did so because...
House calls
A few days ago one of my former partners Dr. Jim Algiers and I...
The Next Big Thing Blog Hop
There are the books everyone has heard about: Twilight, Hunger Games, and Fifty Shades...
The Newtown Tragedy
I just had to post Rev. Josh Graves’ poem from this morning’s paper. I...
Christmas is about LOVE
Christmas seems dimmed this year because of the Sand Hook School tragedy. The more...
Who are the evil people?
I have finally found the courage to attempt to write something following the Massacre...
More on peer pressure
A teen ager once told me, “Peer pressure is just an excuse to do...
How much do we love you?
Here is a note found on my friend Curt Harding’s refrigerator, Read it, live...
Cost reward ratio for having kids
Maybe I don’t have the verbiage right above, but what the heck, I want...