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Head Lice Has Entered the Group Chat

Your child has just brought home the letter parents dread to receive – head lice is in their classroom. But we know our readers follow the #smartnotstressed philosophy, so like...

Published on October 11, 2024
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I Wanna Be Sedated

“Will she be asleep for this?” I get this question a lot when I’m talking with parents about office medical procedures for their children.  No one likes to be or...
Published on December 19, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

Treating Children in the Urgent Care Setting

as featured in Smart Parenting • By Smarter Admin• December 12, 2016 • Guest Blog Posts Anyone who likes going to urgent care or the emergency department, raise your hand! Anyone? No...
Published on December 16, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

Surgeon General Slams E-cigs

I don’t know where you stand on this, but I’ve gotten to the point where I not only can’t be near those who are actively smoking cigarettes, I can’t even...
Published on December 12, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

Kids Play Sports with HEART!

Kids’ basketball season is upon us, where nailbiting final scores of 18-14 can be seen everywhere. (ahahahahahahaha- I couldn’t help myself!)  We all might giggle a bit about the tremendous...
Published on December 5, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

Controlla, controlla

You know what?  There are a lot of different respiratory medicines around—seems like a lot of people have trouble breathing.  And I’m not really talking about coughing; mostly I’m talking...
Published on November 28, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

Your Epidermis is Showing!

I would describe my 11 year old son’s sense of style and personal hygiene awareness as somewhere between “nonexistent” and “what were you thinking? ” so you can imagine my...
Published on November 7, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

The Flu and Medically Complex Children

This guest blog originally appeared on DiggingDeep.org by Christina Johns | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, Caregivers, Family, and Patient Support, Practical Amount of fun typically had by sick kids...
Published on October 20, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

Telemedicine: just what the doctor ordered!

What if your child needed subspecialty pediatric care and you lived over 100 miles away from any big medical center?  What would you do?  Well, I’m guessing you’d drive those...
Published on October 17, 2016
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