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Parenting

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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COVID Testing: Tips to Help Parents Navigate

New year, new COVID test, right? As the highly transmissible Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 continues at high circulation, causing increased pediatric cases and hospitalizations, parents and caregivers are undoubtedly working...
Published on January 26, 2022
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Illness Prevention & Management

4 December Diagnoses...With a Twist

I’m not quite ready to write my “2019 year end” blog entry yet, but I am kind of in a mood to take stock and sum some things up, categorize...
Published on December 12, 2019
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Illness Prevention & Management

Animal Bites

I’m an animal lover. Really, all kinds. I’m not especially grossed out by snakes or spiders, and I was the very proud owner of a guinea pig named “Marshmallow” when...
Published on September 19, 2019
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Illness Prevention & Management

3 Ways to Distinguish Coughs

All coughs are not created equal. We know this, right? I mean, some kids cough so loud and hard that you’re fairly sure part of their lungs will come up....
Published on August 15, 2019
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Illness Prevention & Management

When a Child Chokes

Most people think of the alphabet song, typically sung to the tune of “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” when they hear the “ABCs.” Me? Not so much. I think of Airway,...
Published on July 18, 2019
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