• Parenting Advice

    Resilience – The Importance of Preparing Your Child for Life

    Ask a thousand parents, and not one of them will tell you they want to raise a child into  an adult incapable of self-sufficiency. We all want our children to thrive as adults – to be happy, successful, beneficial members of society. To be capable of handling stressful situations in a mature manner. To help others who are less fortunate and treat everyone with respect.  On the flip side, ask a thousand parents and not one of them will tell you they want their child to suffer loss, hardship, despair, or fear. If possible, most parents would take on those…

  • Parenting Advice

    Combating Misinformation 

    We live in a world with information readily available at our fingertips, more than any other time in history. With computers and smart phones questions can be answered within a few minutes, if not less. Explanations and details and advice…

  • Vaccines

    Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal

    This article was originally posted in November 2020. Given the increased amount of questions and concerns we have been seeing in clinic recently, I felt it was important to revisit this topic this week. Vaccinations are arguably one of the…

  • Parenting Advice,  Safety

    When It’s Cold Outside

    As we dive further into November and our local kids are having the first snow days off of school for the year, I realized it was a good time to talk about keeping kids warm in the winter. This will…

  • Safety

    Sports Safety – Concussion

    Part of keeping kids safe while they play sports is the prevention and treatment of injuries. Today we will discuss concussion, including symptoms, prevention measures, activities most at-risk for concussion, treatment, and return-to-play protocols. What is a concussion? A concussion…

  • Infection & Disease

    Influenza – Winter’s Recurring Threat

    The Influenza virus, usually referred to as “the flu,” causes an illness that affects the respiratory system, particularly the trachea (windpipe) and the lungs.  In the United States, Influenza infection occurs from the Fall to the early Spring. There are…