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Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Youth sports safety is the the buzz of the week on the web. A few hot topics for you to tune in to:
First, on Vicky and Jen What Really Matters, I talked with Vicky and Jen about youth sports and the myriad of ways to keep your kids safe [...]
Sex, Sexism, and Tweens
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
It’s always interesting to me when I find myself agreeing with a person/group/organization that I would ordinarily be at total odds with. Take, for example, this article about “Sexualizing Tweens for Profit” on a website that is definitely not on the same page as I am, politically speaking. I mean, [...]
Today is International MPS Awareness Day
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Today is MPS awareness day. MPS is a rare genetic disease that occurs in 1 out of every 25,000 live births. MPS stands for mucopolysaccharidoses and is actually “a family of rare, potentially fatal genetic diseases that occur because of the inability to produce specific enzymes.” It is one of [...]
Put Me In Coach
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
So, I recently finished Chuck Klosterman’s Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. Yes, I know I’m a few years behind the times on that. What can I say? Having small children can make you a bit late to the pop culture party on occasion. Anyway, it was [...]
The Food Pyramid Gets A Facelift
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
When the “new” food pyramid was released a few years ago, I have to admit, I found it difficult to sell it to people, especially families. It was hard to follow, bulky and contained too much information. It’s not that the suggestions were not reasonable, they were just too much [...]
What’s In a Name
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
Ok, I’ve spent some time trying to figure out how to make an important statement out of this, but no matter how I approach it, I have to admit that it’s pure fluff. Still, like many moms, I’m really interested in baby names and trends, so the annual release of [...]
Explaining Teen Stars’ Wild Behavior
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
I totally agree with the New York Times that this has been a tough media year for teen stars. And, it has put us parents of tweens and young teens in a tough spot. My 10 year old didn’t actually catch wind about those new Miley pictures until yesterday. And, [...]
Mom Time
Submitted by Childn’Parent
We know that spending quality time with our kids is really important and is the perfect way to bond with our children. However, what some of us Mothers often forget is the importance of spending quality time alone, away from the kids, Mom Time, so that we do not forget who we are [...]
Dr. Gwenn On NECN: When To Immunize, Measles and MRSA
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Yesterday on NECN’s HealthWeek, Karen Swensen and I talked about the recent CDC study that showed that only 28% of kids were properly immunized. With the recent rise in Measles, this study certainly has us all asking a lot of questions. Check out what I had to say as [...]
How are you celebrating your mom?
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Did you know that Mother’s Day dates back to ancient Greece? Back then, they used to celebrate Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. The Romans had a similar celebration to honor their mother of the gods, Juno and that celebration involved gifts. Mother’s Day in the United Stated was [...]
Resource for Boys’ Schooling
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
As I admittedly spend quite a bit of time in this space lauding single-sex education, it should be no surprise that I get a lot of inquiries about what options are out there for parents seeking all-boys programs. Unfortunately, the availability of single-sex classes in public schools is still limited–though [...]
National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Today is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, co-sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics. It is a day to help promote positive youth development, resilience and recovery. While there are still many more services for kids needing help than there were in the past, the stigma associated with mental [...]
IT Slide?
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
How about some scary education statistics? I know that we like to throw these things out every once in a while to demonstrate just how bad things are, while still failing to make any real change. Anyway, the Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences “Rising Above the Storm” committee [...]
Some Fun Shoes Have Hidden Dangers
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
With the nice weather finally here, parents will be looking for fun footwear for their kids and ways to keep them moving and outside. The problem is the footwear that our kids want to don are not the safest. Check out what I have to say about two of the [...]
There’s No Crying in Basketball
Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
So, this video apparently comes from some CBS news report, but I’m not sure exactly when it aired. Still, I think it’s pretty interesting in light of the battlefield that Title IX and athletics in general have become. Apparently, it has become common at many colleges to have a practice squad made [...]
