Preparing for a Tooth Extraction
You may be accompanying your child or teen to a regular dental checkup when you get the news: they need a tooth pulled. Experts...
Performance Jitters: How Can Parent Help?
By Sharon A. Hollander, PSYD, and Michelle Hollander
Tears, tantrums, tension and tummy aches. What do these things have in common?
They’re aspects of stage fright,...
Region’s Hospital Step Up For Kids and Families in Need of Mental Health Services:...
By Lisa Clough, MS ED., CHES
While a sense of normalcy has emerged on many fronts from the all-encompassing COVID pandemic, for children and their...
A Parent’s Guide to Talking to Your Kids About Cannabis
Cannabis is a familiar age-old drug that has been used both medicinally and recreationally for centuries. Today, due to widespread legalization and misinformation, its...
Wellness is Winning: Creating Positive Environments in Sports
Wellness and sports are meant to go hand in hand, but it’s important for parents and guardians to recognize the ways in which the...
De-Sensitizing the Dentist: How To Help a Child With Sensory Sensitivities With Dental Visits
By Jillian Diamond
Going to the dentist can be a challenging experience for any child. Having a stranger poke around in your mouth with sharp...
What Makes the Holidays Stressful for Neurodivergent Kids and What Parents Can Do to...
The holidays are an exciting time for most people, but it’s important for parents to remember that neurodivergent children may be experiencing unique stress...
Tips for Teen Workouts from Planet Fitness
https://youtu.be/a0orlaG6VRo
Theodore "Teddy" Savage, national lead trainer for Planet Fitness (PF), and his nephew, Miles, demonstrate in the above video an easy at-home fitness routine...
Daylight Savings Time: How to Beat the Sunday Scaries
The clocks are set to spring forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, and parents everywhere have a sense of impending doom, as that...
Three Siblings Became Pediatric Dentists — With a Mission of Giving Back
As Benjamin Franklin famously said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
The focus of Cavity Busters’ early childhood education program may...
