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Why Don’t We Treat Gun Safety Like Car Safety?
Here’s a question for you: Which causes more deaths, motor vehicle traffic accidents or firearms? I asked a bunch of people that question, including a bunch of doctors, and everyone said that motor...
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Why your children should get the HPV vaccine — and why they should get it early
If there’s something we can do to prevent our children from getting cancer, we should do it. Plain and simple. That’s why the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that youth be vaccinated...
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Why our teens turn us into shrews
It happens each time one of my children enters the teenage years (sometimes a little bit before). I go from having a lovely child and feeling like a reasonably pleasant parent to having a moody...
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Health headlines: Mold in sippy cups, HPV vaccine data and the school...
Yes, mold can grow inside a child’s sippy cup Healthline and New England Cable News report parents across the country are outraged after discovering mold on their child’s Tommee Tippee sippy cups...
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How are your children reacting to news of Batman movie shooting and Penn State?
Image: Denver Post As details of tragic events in Aurora, Colorado become more public, news coverage of the shooting is likely to intensify this week. And with today’s announcements on the sanctions to...
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Recess: yet another important task of school (and what this means)
Lots of times, when I ask my patients what they think is the best part of school, they say, “Recess.” They may be on to something. This week the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) came out with a...
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The Cinnamon Challenge: when dares go viral
Parents, have you heard about the Cinnamon Challenge? If not, here’s what it is: you swallow a tablespoonful of cinnamon in 60 seconds without drinking fluids. Preferably while being videotaped. Sounds...
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Should we have a Name Police?
There have been times in my career as a doctor when I wished we had a Name Police. There have been countless children I’ve met who had, well, unfortunate names. Often it was inadvertent—parents...
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Parenting in the age of fake news: 5 things you can start doing today
When I was in 7th grade, we did a unit in English class about how to read the newspaper. We learned where the most important stories were placed (to the right) and about how the stories were written...
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The only kids who need vitamins (spoiler alert: there aren’t many)
As a pediatrician, I get a lot of questions whether their children should take a multivitamin or other vitamin supplement. Parents think they will make their children healthier — and some think they...
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