Super Parents Talk

The PTA is offering a special webcast for parents and families which will offer advice and tips to help with the back to school season. A special feature to this webcast will be video questions submitted by parents on the PTA’s YouTube Channel. I encourage you to participate in the webcast. You can register and [...]

Excerpted from: The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life © 2008 by Arthur Agatston, MD. Permission granted by Rodale, Inc., Emmaus, PA 18098. Available wherever books are sold.
In this country, our epidemic of obesity and diabetes really took off over the past three decades and has continued at a [...]

Partnership for a Drug-Free America Launches Digital Effort to Help Parents Grasp Teen Behavior and Connect with their Kids
New Study Shows Parents Need the Most Help Talking
About Drugs and Alcohol as Kids Enter Teen Years
NEW YORK, NY,– For every parent of a teenager who has ever wondered “who is this kid?” a new web destination, [...]

BEYOND TIME-OUT
From Chaos to Calm
By Beth A. Grosshans, Ph.D. with Janet H. Burton, L.C.S.W.
Challenging the past 30 years of parenting advice, BEYOND TIME-OUT: From Chaos to Calm (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. / June 3, 2008 / $19.95 / ISBN 978-1-4027-5297-1) by Beth A. Grosshans, Ph.D. with Janet Burton, L.C.S.W., sheds light on what is driving [...]

Empowered Patient is a regular feature on CNN. The topic on March 13th was about when it’s okay to question your pediatricians advice. I suggest checking out the article in it’s entirety at CNN Health. I know for me personally when I talk with my pediatrician about certain issues the response I am getting has [...]