Tips for Sending a Child With Food Allergies to Camp
Mention summer camp and kids get excited about activities, art, s’mores and friends. But for parents of kids with food allergies, the prospect of...
Getting Ready for Overnight Camp
There are few things more exciting in a kid’s life than their first sleepaway camp. How do you prepare your kids—and yourself—for this big...
Money Matters
For many kids, what they know about money begins and ends with their allowance or annual birthday and holiday gifts. It can be easy...
A Parent’s Guide to Talking to Your Kids About Cannabis
Cannabis is a familiar age-old drug that has been used both medicinally and recreationally for centuries. Today, due to widespread legalization and misinformation, its...
The Misunderstood Child: Sensory Processing 101
A typical morning in my home begins with these phrases: “My clothes hurt me. They are too loose. I need new clothes.” As a...
Turning Picky Into Adventurous Eaters
Most kids go through a picky eating phase from age 2 to 4, and many continue to be picky eaters well into their teens....
How To Prep Your Child for Medical Procedures
By Carrie Woodard
As parents, we hope that taking our child to the hospital is an experience we never have to go through. Of course,...
Advice for New Moms and Dads From Seasoned Parents
Life is hard, and it often gets even harder when kids enter into the mix. Two Pittsburgh area families faced tough challenges, including sharing...
Performance Jitters: How Can Parents Help?
By Sharon A. Hollander, PSYD, and Michelle Hollander
Tears, tantrums, tension and tummy aches.
What do these things have in common?
They’re aspects of stage fright, also...
How to choose a cute—and meaningful—baby name
By Leslie Savisky
Pittsburghers know Donnie Iris' most popular song, “Ah! Leah!,” which he co-wrote with Mark Avsec and released in 1980. When my husband...
