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Anxiety in Children: Is Your Kid Sick? Or Stressed?

Amelia PeckSeptember 12, 2020

Does your kid have back-to-school jitters, or could it be something more serious? Read on to learn more about anxiety in children, and tools to cope with the stress from Amelia Peck, LMFT. ... Read More

Stomach Aches and Anxiety in a Child – What Can I do?

Sarah LopezSeptember 3, 2020

Anxiety is one of the most common causes of stomach aches in children. By knowing what’s leading to your child’s tummy issues, you can help them find the right solution! ... Read More

Childhood Immunizations During COVID-19

Nina SimoneJune 3, 2020

While we have spent the last few months in quarantine, parents have missed well-child visits and vaccinations. Read on for ways to safely stay on track with your adolescent and childhood immunizations during COVID-19. ... Read More

Mindful Meditation for Kids to Relax

Sarah LopezMay 16, 2020

Meditation can help to relax, focus our energy, and decrease stress. Mindfulness and meditation for kids can offer your little ones the ability to effectively deal with all of life’s little hurdles! ... Read More

Play that Heals: Play Therapy and COVID-19

Nina SimoneApril 21, 2020

We sense that play is important but can play be therapy? Can play heal? And, right now, as many of us are working from home, please tell us, how can we get our kids to play on their own? ... Read More

What Parents Should Know About First Aid

First Aid Basics – What Every Parent Should Know

Nina SimoneApril 4, 2020

Do you squeal at the sight of your kid’s blood? Or do you text your Nurse/Doctor/EMT friend for first aid advice as soon as an injury occurs? Read on to learn first aid basics! ... Read More

5 Steps to Washing Your Hands So It Matters

Nina SimoneMarch 10, 2020

The recent spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has mobilized the medical world and healthcare providers to produce testing, treatments, and a vaccine. In the meantime, public health officials urge everyone to do keep doing what our preschool teachers taught us to do in order to prevent the spread of infection: Wash your hands. ... Read More

3 Reasons Your Doctor Keeps Talking About Elderberry

Nina SimoneFebruary 12, 2020

Elderberry juice, elderberry syrup, elderberry gummies…Does your pediatrician, work-out friend, and the cashier at Target keep suggesting elderberry to protect your family’s health this winter? ... Read More

Kids, Bugs, and Germs…What is Really Dirty?

Nina SimoneFebruary 1, 2020

(Note: dirty keyboard was Lysol-wiped multiple times in the typing of this article) I’m home with a child who has strep (again ) with an added bonus of Flu B. We’ve sat in the urgent care or the Pediatrician’s office on five separate occasions in 6 weeks. Co-pays aside, have I become a living petri dish? ... Read More

Preventing Sexual Abuse in Children with Special Needs

Nina SimoneJanuary 29, 2020

Child sexual abuse is one of the most difficult things to process as a parent. And children with special needs are especially vulnerable. ... Read More