Dr. Mom
Diagnosis Opens Door to Improvement

By Lucie Amundsen

Those of you who have followed this column may remember that my second pregnancy had some slight complications. Our son was born a nearly 10-lb guy who’d spent his gestation crammed up against a huge fibroid tumor – and it showed. He didn’t start out being the cutie he is today. I remember rocking him and saying to my husband, “This baby is going to have a great personality.”

the daddy files
A Secret Celebration of Fatherhood

By Rick Epstein

The problem with Father’s Day is that it’s hard to maintain everyone’s enthusiasm for a whole day of celebrating fatherhood. But if conditions are just right, I’ve found that fatherhood can be celebrated fully in just a few minutes. Here’s how:

Tween/Teen Times
No Barriers to Getting Fit

By Julie Pfitzinger

Consider these startling statistics: over 9 million U.S. kids between the ages of 6 and 19 are considered overweight. The number of overweight teens between the ages of 12 and 19 has tripled since the early 1970’s. For almost 200,000 kids under the age of 20, type 1 or type 2 diabetes is now part of their lives, often a direct result of their excessive weight.

Growing Up Online
Taking a Virtual Summer Vacation

By Carolyn Jabs

Most parents would like to show their kids the wonders of the world. Most don’t because travel is expensive and vacation schedules are short. In many families, grandma assumes everyone will use summertime time for a family reunion and, to be honest, busy parents (and even kids) often need to recharge by doing nothing more challenging that lying on a beach or splashing in a hotel pool.