*Flashback Friday*

*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...

Nurturing A Healthy Body Image

  Raising girls can’t be easy in this day and age when there’s so much pressure to be “super-thin and sexy too,” says Gail Saltz, M.D.: Girls coming of age in the 21st century have more opportunities than any of the generations that...

“Is It Normal?”

  Whenever parents bring up an issue that concerns them about their children — developmental, behavioral, social, physical, nutritional, emotional, psychological — they almost invariably ask the same question: “Is it normal?” Karen Young...

*Flashback Friday*

*This post originally appeared on The PediaBlog on February 8, 2013.   “Go Ask Mom”   Bonnie Rochman found a teachable moment during last weekend’s Super Bowl: “Dad, where do babies come from?” The opening line of Kia’s Super Bowl...