“Is Your Home Gun-Safe?”

  Dr. Lili has produced a terrific 22-minute video that every parent needs to watch. On her excellent blog, My Pocket Pediatrician, Dr. Lili discusses gun safety while remaining apolitical and staying in her lane as a mom, a pediatrician, an emergency...

American Carnage

  On February 6, 2018 we counted 12 acts of gun violence on school property in the United States in the month of January alone. Less than two weeks later, The PediaBlog was trying its best to come to grips with the gun massacre that killed 17 students at Marjory...

This IS Our Lane

  Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on changing trends in deaths from firearms in major U.S. metropolitan areas in it’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recently, firearm homicide rates in large metro...

June 21 Is National ASK Day

  Today is National ASK Day. It’s the first day of summer and The PediaBlog has been here before: This one question could save your child’s life some day: “Is there an unlocked gun where my child plays?” Maybe as a parent you think this question in your...

What Is Killing Our Kids?

Lisa Rapaport reviews the results from the CDC’s new National Vital Statistics Reports which shouldn’t be surprising if you’ve been watching the news: Murder, suicide, car crashes, and addiction have all contributed to a spike in deaths among U.S....