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A Parent’s Guide to Watching 90210 with Your Teen by Vanessa Van Petten Patient Expert Posted Sun 07 Sep 2008 2:15am I will be providing some parent viewer guides to some of the teen drama’s this TV season because I think that watching TV with your kids can be one of the best opportunities... you of your friends? If you sent a mean text message would you try to apologize to that person? a A Parent’s Guide to Watching 90210 with Your Teen Read on »
When Your Child is Cutting: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children Overcome Self-Injury by Untreatable .. Patient Expert Posted Thu 20 Oct 2011 9:14am A Compassionate Guide for Parents As a parent, what’s harder to deal with than seeing your child in pain? It’s especially frustrating when you feel like you’ve exhausted the resources you could use to help him or her stop hurting. And if your child is cutting or engaging in another form of self-injury, a behavior that you simply Read on »
Delaying That First Drink: A Parent’s Guide by Lisa Frederiksen Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted Wed 02 Mar 2011 10:38am by Lisa Frederiksen I want to draw your attention to an important resource for parents or anyone in a position to influence a child’s decision to drink. It’s a PDF book, “ Delaying That First Drink: A Parent’s Guide ,” written by Aimee L. Stern and published by the  American Association for the Advancement of Science . Ms. Stern covers a great deal Read on »
Parent’s Guide to Safer Products by Tela .. Patient Expert Posted Mon 29 Sep 2008 4:10pm linked to cancer in laboratory studies, the report says. As a parent who is fairly familiar with the ingredients to look out for and avoid, I still get overwhelmed by all of the dangers that exist and find it difficult to remember them all!  One of my favorite resources is Environmental Working Group’s Parent’s Buying Guide.  It provides a comprehensive Read on »
Book Review and Giveaway: Asthma Allergies Children: A Parent’s Guide by Susan H. Patient ExpertFacebook Posted Fri 25 Feb 2011 10:59am more information, especially in the book, Asthma Allergies Children: A Parent's Guide , by Paul Ehrlich, MD, and Larry Chiaramonte, MD, with Henry Ehrlich. In conjunction... treatments, the environment, and much more. Real-life stories from the authors’ patients are also included. It’s a very comprehensive guide that every parent with an allergic Read on »
A Parent’s Guide to Safe Texting by Amanda Patient Expert Posted Wed 18 Feb 2009 6:02pm that I would love to share with you. A Parent’s Guide to Kids & Safe Texting 1) Never Text & Drive. While this may seem obvious, many people ignore their common sense and do... intimate with another person, and that there are other, more private, more appropriate, alternatives. 3) Text and walk. This one’s for parents & kids: Always keep your eyes ahead Read on »
A Parent’s Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder by Kev Leitch Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven Posted Thu 27 Oct 2011 4:55pm The National Institute of Mental Health in the U.S. has put out a short book (27 pages) to inform parents about Autism. A Parent’s Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder can... States receive several vaccines during their first 2 years of life, around the same age that ASD symptoms often appear or become noticeable. A minority of parents suspect Read on »
A Parent’s Guide to Combat Sibling Rivalry by Vanessa Van Petten Patient Expert Posted Sun 31 Jan 2010 10:02pm . My parents sometimes say that people halfway around the world are able to hear us because we’re so loud.  However, parents may be able to help prevent this from happening.... But, a way to keep this from happening is by giving a fair share to everyone. Even though I now realize that it wasn’t even my parents that did this, I should have understood that life Read on »
A Parent's Guide to MRSAs by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted Wed 22 Oct 2008 9:31pm Life is like a box of chocolates!   You never know what you will receive in your e-mail box. Just the other day I received a handy-dandy Parents_Guide_to_MRSA that was published by the CA Department of Health and a link to MRSA in Schools   by the CDC.  Become knowledgeable about the new world in which we live so that you can help keep your children Read on »