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Getting your kids’ annual school physicals this month? Have some nagging health concerns? As you jot down notes to discuss with the pediatrician, take this checklist with you. There are straightforward, nutrition-focused solutions to the critical path issues on this list. No drugs, no therapy, no ongoing visits to behavior clinics. Simple measures may resolve …
Back to School Physicals? A Memo to Your Child’s PediatricianRead More
Vape anyone? There are more than 460 e-cigarette brands on the market worldwide. Find that mind boggling? Try choosing one of the more than 7,764 unique flavors. The $3 billion global industry is booming — 12.6% of US adults have tried e-cigs and 3.7% regularly use them. But the stats that grab our attention relate …
It’s time to have “the talk” with your kid. It might be tricky. You don’t want him to feel like he’s done anything wrong, but his behavior makes it very clear that it’s time. Oh no, not that talk. I’m talking about the other animal conversation: the “you can’t pull the cat’s tail” and the …
If your child is a chatty Cathy or Charles, this post may not be for you. But some of us have kids who may not be (appropriately) expressive for a variety of reasons. These could include personality or disposition; language or developmental delays; and emotional issues or traumas. Whether she is placid, stoic, disengaged, or agitated, it would …
Before we begin, we should define what we mean by the term grooming. When I say grooming, you might think of beautification, fashion and vanity, or about grooming your child for medical school. In fact, the kind of grooming we need for our children is about love, intimacy and good mental health. Grooming as an …
Teaching Kids about Grooming, Intimacy, and BoundariesRead More
Editor’s note: Eco parenting anyone? Our parenting choices are starkly revealing. They hold a mirror up to us, reflecting back our habits, prejudices, inconsistencies, fears, quirks, hesitations, hang ups, impatience, and more. Yikes! Parenting is humbling and has made me so much less judgmental. As I start to examine one “area for improvement” and pledge …
This article is copyrighted by Fearless Parent™ 2016 by Louise Kuo Habakus We Americans pride ourselves on being iconically independent. We have a maverick spirit… you know, don’t tread on me, don’t tell me what to do, and all that… we have minds of our own, right? So what’s the deal with all the herd …
Manufactured consent The primary “public health alert” in the US is a so-called public good that focuses on vaccinations. Big Pharma is the largest advertiser today, the number-one lobbyist in Washington D.C., and donates twice what oil and gas give to our politicians—four times as much as defense and aeronautic contractors. Payoffs drive policies. Government mandated vaccinations …
