A 4 Year Old’s Worries Are Deeper Than You Think Last week was my 100th post and I completely forgot to commemorate it. So to commemorate it, here is my 101st post. Death and dying — it is one of the first topics I was taught about in medical school. I was fortunate to attend…
What is the right age to give your child a bag of clothes, a toothbrush, a few dollars, and tell him (or her) to survive the night? What age is ideal to let your child eat pure sugar for 3 straight hours while watching 3 screens and going to bed at 3am? What milestone have…
The past couple weeks I discussed my addiction to carbs sugar sweets and my concerns about how poor diet and exercise are reflected in my weight trends. This week I’m going to delve a little more into ups and downs of my weight, provide my cholesterol data, and discuss strategies for better health. This is…
Last week I disclosed my not-so-secret addiction to unhealthy food, and desire to improve my health as part of an effort to increase my accountability. This week I am going to give some of the data. This is Part II in a three-part series. Read Part I and Part III. The Beauty of Smartphones Smartphones…
A discussion of why cheating is okay, why middle class people are going broke, how a great NFL player taught someone to say “no” and the intersection of The World Cup and race. This is TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) Tuesdays (with a slightly different title). I summarize and discuss two articles — one from…
I’ve written before that I am not a believer in New Year’s Resolutions. I am a believer in change, but like many others, I struggle with sustaining it. I can go days, weeks, sometimes months, but I often relapse back to the point that it feels like I made no change it all. What is…
Sexual harassment in medicine, the Boy Scouts controversial breakdown of gender barriers, how to prevent mass shootings, and how a gap year in school helped a black woman. Welcome to TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) Tuesdays. I summarize and discuss two articles — one from a blogger, and from one a “traditional news” source. I also…
Another addition in the Future Proof Your Children Series — click here to find previous ones. Let’s be honest — what I don’t know about parenting is astounding. I’m a pediatrician and have three kids, and it’s amazing what I still don’t know. Every so often I hear a parenting idea (or come up with…
A week ago, two of my kids were taken away in a black car. I have received a few photos — they look happy. I had one brief phone call — they say they are having fun. I don’t know if they are sleeping well, if they are eating well, or how much they miss…
Over 1 billion Muslims around the world are celebrating a holiday today. Eid-al-Fitr celebrates the end of the month of Ramadan — it occurs the first day after Ramadan ends. Fasting during Ramadan, with no food or drink from sunrise to sunset for 30 days, is one of the 5 Pillars of Islam — the core tenets…
