Post Adoption Depression Emily Halevy | CWK Network     “I had this, very much, this image when we walked out of the orphanage, that I was gonna be holding this little girls hand, we’re gonna walk hand in hand, it was gonna be idyllic, the soft music playing, it was just going […]

    Pneumonia (ER Story) Kristen DiPaolo | CWK Network     “ Lower lobe pneumonias are notorious for presenting with abdominal pain. Of course, they often have fever and cough as well, but I’ve seen many cases where the only presenting symptom was pain in the abdomen.”– Dr. Michael Ziegler, MD, Children’s Healthcare of […]

    Childhood Melanoma Kristen DiPaolo | CWK Network     “I would recommend that you learn to avoid sun exposure, that you are not blasé about sunburn, and you consider tanning especially in the adolescent population something akin to smoking.” – Dr. Louis Rapkin, Aflac Cancer Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta –   Related […]

    Year-Round Schools Kristen DiPaolo | CWK Network     “We thought at that particular time that our boys and girls did not need an entire summer out of school. They were losing a lot of information that we were teaching. We were having to go back and re-teach a lot of skills.”-Phyllis Jones, […]

    Mosquito Repellent Options Kristen DiPaolo | CWK Network     “Although DEET has been shown to be extremely safe, it’s had over 50 years of use, some people are still concerned about its safety. Those people now have an option for another product” – Dr. Lyle Petersen, Director of the Division of Vector-borne […]

    Medically Fragile Child Robert Seith | CWK Network     “He was very interesting in that he is a medically fragile child and he has many possibilities for him to have a swollen leg and difficulty breathing.” – David Goo, M.D., Emergency Pediatrics, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta –   Related Information What Parents […]

    Tattling for Cash Robert Seith | CWK Network     “I think it’s great. If they want to give an incentive program that’s wonderful. My concern is how anonymous is it?” – Paula Bryman, LCSW –   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources 17-year-old Marcus Bates heard a classmate had a […]

    School Bus Bullies Robert Seith | CWK Network     “ The school bus is a much smaller confined place. And because it’s confined, because it’s small, (hostility) can really spread through students.” – Carol Drummond, Ph.D., Psychologist –   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources A month ago, two students […]

    Kids’ Tricks to Hide Drug Use From Parents (Part 2) Kristen DiPaolo | CWK Network     “I’ve heard everything from, ‘I didn’t know how it got there in my pants pocket. Somebody must of put it there.’ And often kids will lie to the bitter end, even with the evidence right in […]