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To reward or not to reward?
A question I commonly hear from parents is, “Why should I reward my child for a behavior that he should ...
The Worst Junk Foods for your Kids
It’s Super Bowl week, and time to indulge in guilty junk-food pleasures. In honor of this American tradition, I’m dedicating ...
Baby Spit-up: Medical Problem or Laundry Problem?
One of the more common problems we encounter in pediatrics is spit up or reflux. Sorting through whether a baby ...
Shooting, Killing, Zapping …How can this be a child’s video game?
On Wednesday morning, when President Obama addressed the press conference about gun violence, he called for the Centers for Disease ...
Doubting the Doctor: What to do?
Last September, an article in the journal Pediatrics called “Unfilled Prescriptions in Pediatric Primary Care”caught my eye. I read the ...
Raising Kind Kids – A Popular Decision
What does it take to be popular at school? A new research study suggests that kids who are kind are ...
Vomiting: Is that yesterday’s lunch?
It is 2am. I can see the clock behind the bed head of my crying 2-year-old. “What’s wrong?” I ask ...
Kids and Divorce: Happy Endings are a Choice
It’s 10 pm on Sunday in the Pediatric Emergency Room. I walk into room #8 and repeat the same conversation ...
What kind of milk does my child need?
Organic, raw, cow, almond, soy, rice, omega-3 fortified, breast or none? What kind of milk to you give your kids ...