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By:
NicoleFlesvigBruland
On:
12/18/2011 1:10 PM
The winter holidays are upon us and many parents, grandparents, and caregivers might be thinking about what to do with all of these children who will soon be out of school. Next year, the answer will certainly be: Let's go to the Golisano Children's Museum of Naples! I know that our family will be there!
The holiday season is a good time to help kids learn about the various holiday traditions celebrated in their community and by their friends.
Learning Creatively &...
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By:
ThornburgPediatrics
On:
11/9/2011 1:02 PM
Common Cold vs. Flu
Cold and flu (or Influenza) are both respiratory illnesses and many people use the terms interchangeably. However, they are both caused by different viruses.
Comparison chart
Symptoms of Common Cold vs Flu
The flu (influenza) is a lot more serious than a common cold. With a cold, the symptoms are centered around the nose and throat. But the flu tends to make the whole body ache the patient is sick all over.
The symptoms of a cold...
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By:
ThornburgPediatrics
On:
10/12/2011 11:49 AM
Mommies and Daddies Better Practice What They Preach –
A Possible Paradigm Shift in Inheritance of Traits
By Brian Thornburg, DO
Darwinian thought is familiar to almost all of us. The idea that natural selection occurs over generations to produce a species that is best suited to its environment results in survival of the fittest. Species that survive generation after generation by adapting to the various influences of the environment pass the “best”...
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By:
ThornburgPediatrics
On:
8/31/2011 2:41 PM
Brain Foods Help Send Kids to the Head of the Class
By: Monica Rhor
There's something infinitely hopeful about the approach of another school year. Shopping for stylish outfits and checking off the list of fresh supplies. Store aisles filled with unsullied notebooks and rafts of pens still swathed in plastic wrap. Backpacks bulging with pristine textbooks.
It's a time of promise and possibility, a chance to shed bad habits and adopt good ones. Not just in...
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By:
NicoleFlesvigBruland
On:
8/16/2011 1:53 PM
As children learn to speak, parents often worry when children have trouble making certain sounds. For the more difficult sounds, children will often substitute one consonant for another, such as: “ffff” for “th”, or “da” for “the”, or “wa” for “la”. You may hear your child say, “movie feater” or “I wike dat” instead of “movie theater” and “I like that”....
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By:
ThornburgPediatrics
On:
8/10/2011 11:09 AM
Enforcing Bedtimes Improves Kids' Health
By Madison Park
When Genevieve and Brian Skory were new to parenting, they allowed their two young kids to read or watch TV until they fell asleep. "It was an agitated frenzy until they would pass out," Genevieve Skory recalled. The weary parents broke up fights between their bickering children. The next morning, the house would be chaotic again. "I don't think it's good for kids to stay up until they fall asleep -- that's three hours...
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By:
halliejones
On:
8/9/2011 2:38 PM
By:
ThornburgPediatrics
On:
8/1/2011 2:02 PM
Leasing Solar Panels
By Dan Chiras
With the price of oil increasing and at best unstable, with record heat waves and rolling blackouts in major cities, solar electric systems have never looked so good. They have never been more affordable than they are right now, thanks to record-low module costs, generous federal tax incentives and financial incentives offered by many local utilities. Even so, out-of-pocket costs for a system that would meet the needs of a family of four...
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By:
ThornburgPediatrics
On:
8/1/2011 1:59 PM
It is important that we discipline in a way that teaches responsibility by motivating our children internally, to build their self-esteem and make them feel loved. If our children are disciplined in this respect, they will not have a need to turn to gangs, drugs, or sex to feel powerful or belong.
The following ten keys will help parents use methods that have been proven to provide children with a sense of well-being and security.
1 - Use Genuine Encounter Moments (GEMS)
Your child's...
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By:
ThornburgPediatrics
On:
7/19/2011 4:57 PM
If you want to help children develop language and speech skills, UCLA researchers say, listening to what they have to say is just as important as talking to them. The effect of a conversation between a child and an adult is about six times as great as the effect of adult speech input alone, the researchers found. The results of their study appear in the July 2010 issue of Pediatrics.
"Adults speaking to children helps language develop, but what matters much more is the...
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