October 2014

Monthly Archives

  • Facial Tic (ER Story)

        Facial Tic (ER Story) Emily Halevy | CWK Network     “Advice to parents when children have these tics is really to try to ignore them, don’t call the child’s attention to them very often, don’t talk about them when he’s not having them, because again that might make him anxious about it […]

  • Steroid Use on the Rise

        Steroid Use on the Rise Kristen DiPaolo | CWK Network     “They see their body quote withering away, getting back to how they were pre-steroid use, and they don’t like it.” – Dr. David Marshall, MD, Director of the Sports Medicine Program, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta –   Related Information What Parents […]

  • Household Cleaners & Breathing

        Household Cleaners & Breathing Robert Seith | CWK Network     “ Every time the child reaches for a toy you don’t have to pick it up and sanitize it because another child touched it. You do need to clean and nobody wants to live in a pig sty, that’s for sure, and […]

  • Nail in Foot (ER Story)

        Nail in Foot (ER Story) Emily Halevy | CWK Network     “Even though it’s a little more dangerous to have a nail to have a nail go through your [sneakers], it’s certainly less dangerous in the long run to wear shoes to avoid getting your feet cut…shoes usually prevent more injuries than […]

  • Preschool Free Play

        Preschool Free Play Robert Seith | CWK Network     “If you put down a more creative toy and the child says I don’t want to do this… it’s too much effort, it’s too much work, I want to just go and watch t-v… that might be a warning sign.” – Dr. Laura […]

  • Siblings of the Disabled

        Siblings of the Disabled Kristen DiPaolo | CWK Network     “We laughed about how most people say their dogs ate their homework, and you can just say ‘My brother ate my homework!’” – Claire Dees, Mother –   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources Claire Dees has spent two years […]