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By Nathaniel Beers, MD, MPA, FAAP Simple Text version, click here.   Among the many questions that parents of young children ask me in my practice, the question of whether their children are developing normally is right at the top.  Determining the answer is no small task. The simple truth, …

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Losing a parent is a devastating experience, especiallywhen the person suffering that loss is a child. Carole Geithner, a clinicalsocial worker, counsels children through these tough times. Now, her book, IfOnly, brings her wise and sympathetic voice to a larger audience.   Geithner, who is married to Treasury Secretary TimothyGeithner, …

  The Penniless Princess: God’s Little Girl         The wonderful classic A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett retold by vegetables?  Sounds a little strange, but in fact is a lovely, entertaining, and well done Veggie Tales DVD production by Big Idea Entertainment.  I loved that the …

By Sharon Katz Cooper We have to eat everyday, but sometimes we get stuck in a food rut. Macaroni and cheese again, anyone? Do you have trouble getting vegetables into your child? Sometimes making food more fun can motivate and excite children and perhaps even get them try new foods! …

by chick Moorman and Thomas Haller “Jillian, if you don’t stop talking back to me, you’re going to sit in the time out area until you learn to respect me!” “Roberta, you’re being naughty. Naughty girls have to sit in this naughty chair until they learn their lesson. I’ll tell …

Is it too early for my child to start a second language? Itis never too early for a child to begin a new language. Children areable to learn languages naturally within a “window of opportunity”from birth to adolescence. Studies have shown that infants under 1year old can distinguish sounds in …

We live in a wonderfully diverse region that is constantly growing and ever-changing. Our neighborhoods are widely diverse as well, represented by people of many different nations and races, languages, traditions, and religions. Many of our new neighbors may celebrate religious and cultural holidays that are unfamiliar to us. They …