With Valentine’s Day upon us, I thought this week I’d share with you some specials gifts you can give your children that will show them you love them and that will last longer than the traditional annual greeting card. First, use plenty of positive words with your child, not just on ...

Parents have been asking me some pointed questions as to how to better help their child deal with getting a blood test or injection. Let me see if I can make this topic a lot less painful for children and parents. and children. - Some positive ways to help prepare your ...

With winter here, i have found myself cooling off a lot of parents who have questions about their children’s safety when ice skating — both indoors and outdoors. Almost 20,000 children are being seen for skating injuries on a yearly basis, so this week i’ll glide through a few skating ...

Parents have been coughing up lots of questions about whether or not their child who has had a cough and fever for several days could be experiencing a walking or mild pneumonia. Let me see if I can walk you through some information on this topic. A pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. ...

One of the most common questions I get from younger patients is, “What’s that stuff that forms inside my nose and is ripe for the picking?” Well, let me put everyone in the know — or should I say nose — and tell you what it is and is snot. It turns out that every day your nose ...

It is hard to believe that I have been doing “First with Kids” for almost 29 years — but how time flies when you are having fun and trying to make a difference. This week is my 1,500th column! To commemorate this milestone, rather than focus on one topic, I thought I would count ...