I must admit I almost skipped the chapter on “Facing the Abstinence Decision” because I have no intention of telling my daughters to abstain from sex until marriage. As far…
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Everything you ever wanted to know about lice but it made you feel too itchy and grossed out to ask.
Alex Slusher knew her son Stuart was struggling with something back in 2009, when he was a junior in high school but she never imagined those inner conflicts would lead…
Preschoolers are world-famous for frequent and urgent bathroom trips. So in 2003, Bridget Gutzmer was only mildly concerned when her daughter Logan, then three years old, was making several bathroom…
Just because you’ve destroyed the bad photographs proving you suffered through the awkward stages of adolescence chances are that doesn’t mean you were able to erase it from your memory. …
“How can I give my daughter a healthy attitude toward sex but prevent her from having any?” authors Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster claim a lot of parents want to…
Persuading your child to take medicine can sometimes be the hardest part of getting better. If only it was as easy as Mary Poppins sang: “Just a spoonful of sugar…
Talking to yourself as a coping mechanism – and why it’s a good thing!
Have you ever wondered why your skin becomes so dry and flaky during the winter months? Dry skin results from lack of water in the epidermis, the skin’s outermost layer.…
Ten years ago, Julian Metts, MD, traveled to Guyana in South America for a dental mission trip. While he was there, he met a girl who had drunk a corrosive…
During your child’s hospital stay, asking questions and advocating for your child is critical.
Last year’s outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus resulted in the first flu pandemic in over 40 years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 33…
