by PediaBlog | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on March 22, 2017. “Ask Us Anything” My 6-year-old daughter is a highly sensitive person. She cries at the drop of a hat over every little thing. I have a hard time disciplining her because if I...
by PediaBlog | Dec 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
My son is twelve and in full-on puberty. Despite our best attempts, he keeps getting acne on his face. It shows up in his T-zone and cheeks near his hairline. He washes his face twice a day, his hair once a day and blots the oil from his skin mid-day with...
by PediaBlog | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on October 26, 2015. Ask Us Anything A mother emails: My son had a liver transplant, and is now immune-suppressed by his anti-rejection medication. He has been instructed to only receive the flu injection...
by PediaBlog | Aug 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
A mother writes: Thank you for writing about water safety this week. We own a pool and I notice that when my kids have their friends over to swim, some of them haven’t had much formal swim lessons and so they aren’t very good swimmers. Others who...
by PediaBlog | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Leaves of three, let them be.” Can poison ivy be passed on from person to person? I have read online that once you have broken out with it, it isn’t contagious to other people, but people still freak out when they hear that someone they know has...
