The Truth About PANDAS/PANS
It’s frightening, really. One day, you wake up and your child seems like a different child. He’s scared to be left alone, refuses to eat foods he used to love, talks about death and other strange things, and blinks sixty…
Food Bullying is a Thing
Table manners matter at the family table, and we hope our children use those same good manners at the school lunch table with their classmates. It’s our duty as parents to teach our children to be food curious, to try…
Learning to Live with IBS
The holiday season – from Halloween through New Year’s – can serve up a bellyful of digestive distress for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Holiday stress combined with high-fat and high-carb seasonal treats can worsen IBS symptoms. Most people…
Blue Sky Fund
Imagine living just a mile from the James River, but never visiting any of the access points that line its banks – or even knowing that the river exists. Many of the children from Richmond’s East End neighborhoods – an…
Hang on to this issue!
We’re marking our 9-year anniversary with a whopper of an issue, dedicated to all things education! And whether you have kids in school or not, I guarantee you’ll find something among these 100 pages to entertain, inform, and enlighten you…
Halloween Hazards for Pets
My dog Darby looks fantastic in a Halloween costume. For pet owners like me, it’s one of the fun things about the holiday. But as an emergency veterinarian, I have to admit that I also think of all the things…
Can Your Kid Help a Bullied Kid?
My 9-year-old daughter has told me there is a little boy in her class who is getting picked on because of the kind of shoes he is wearing. It’s quiet and mean, and this boy is not responding, so the…
Travel and Study Abroad
In 2015, approximately 4.6 million students pursued studies in a country other than the one in which they were born, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (oecd.org). That’s up significantly from 2.1 million students studying abroad in…
Positive Science Experience!
Science is all around us! Kids can explore a common concept with a fun Halloween angle using this experiment. What you need: • Tissue paper • Balloon • Markers • Scissors • Tape • Sweater or fabric What you do:…
Organized for Learning Success
We send our kids off to school with great intentions, but most of us can attest to the fact that homework can get out of control fast. School supplies scattered all over the house, lost papers, late assignments, the poster…
