My daughter and her father have an amazing green thumb, and growing things seems to naturally attract them. It won’t be long before their fresh fruits and vegetables remind me just what summer tastes like. A number of years ago, my family joined a vegetable co-op where every Friday the farm owners (who also happened […]
I sat down to write my column for the week about baking bread with my children, and instead, I have chosen to introduce you to a gentleman and a scholar, my cherished mentor and pediatrician-hero, Dr. Walter Bundy, Jr. I made the acquaintance of Dr. Bundy more than twenty years ago when I was enrolled at […]
Determined not to financially support a book preaching about so outlandishly different a parenting approach than my own style, I had to wait my turn on the library reserve list to read Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. I’m glad I did. There’s no subsitute for reading a book and forming an opinion even if the […]
In our very connected world of thousands of text messages a day, email communication, Facebook and Twitter, we have an easy way to share information. In spite of all this connected technology, there are many things we don’t share with one another when it comes to becoming a parent. One of the most important things […]
When I mentioned to a colleague that the practice was sending a gift to the families we care for, there was a moment of surprise. “Why?” was his response, and for a moment, I had to stop and let the hundreds of reasons melt into coherent speech. “Because the families send me gifts all year […]
Dear Jackson, I LOVE Christmas! Everything about the holiday season has something good to enjoy now that I’ve figured out some really important things. I love this time of year not just because of the giving part (although, that is pretty good, too) but also because of the ways in which we step out of […]