Ensuring your autistic child is safe at home can be a challenge. What may be completely comfortable and free of hazards for adults can be a danger zone for children, especially when special needs are involved. Here are tips...
Yes, this this a sponsored post. About Tires. I know it sounds boring, but bear with me. To me, tires are simply a necessary evil. You always have to make sure they are rotated and have the right amount of...
Families in Florida are making funeral arrangements for their children, and our country is once again caught up in a gun control versus mental health argument. It is an argument that doesn’t ever seem to end. It doesn’t produce...
Anxiety built through my veins like a warehouse fire.
I was leaving my daughter, Marjorie, for the first time with a sitter I did not know. I was flying to speak at the National Eating Disorder Association conference in California....
What You Need to Know about Preventing and Identifying Brain Injuries in Children
Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by University Medical Center New Orleans.
Because we see far too many traumatic injuries in our Level 1 Trauma Center, University Medical...
To the mom on her phone:
I know there's this new surge of posts about not judging moms on their cellphones while their kids play at the park. They could be doing work, or they might just need a break....
Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by University Medical Center New Orleans.
Summer is the perfect time to hit the road, whether for a quick visit to see friends and family, a weekend getaway or a leisurely trip across the...
I still remember where I was when I heard the news. At the hospital, in a patient’s room distracted by the horrific news on the screen. Another school shooting, this time the victims were amongst the youngest, aged 6...
The conversation in our home was different last night. The usual, “ Did you do your homework, or What do you want on your taco?” seemed pointless, when you have parents that dropped their children off at school and...
Do you remember that pre-parental bliss where things just rolled off of your back? I can remember watching scary movies and crime TV, like Law & Order SVU, and it was no big deal. Then I got pregnant with...
Imagine this scenario, one spouse is sick and the other spouse that is typically not responsible for dropping off the baby at daycare is charged with the task for today. It is a mild sunny day, about 70 degrees....
I received my gift of motherhood on September 27, 2010. From that moment, my life changed in ways that I never knew it could. The day that my daughter arrived, I received my membership card into a society that...
At this point, we're aware of the real-time effects of COVID on the human body. We're just starting to see what the long term effects may be, and although the medical community is hyperaware of the collateral damage being...
One of the most common things I see on social media mom groups is “Should I tell her she’s doing it wrong?”
My answer is nearly always no. You should not.
Don’t get me wrong. I get that 90% of...