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Parenting: Circumcision

Infant Circumcision
This article on Circumcision is the Thirty-first (and perhaps final) in the series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never physically met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences. His URL is up for sale, I lost track of him after COVID, and now have archived his content here for safe keeping until he wants it back. (Except his images which were lost, so I have added some back for clarity)

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Parenting: The “C” Word—Colic

Father holding colicy infant in his hands
[Guest Author] This article on infant colic is the twenty-seventh in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him now after COVID, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back. I’ve written about Colic before, but Dr. Barrett has a refreshing viewpoint.

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Parenting: “Local Expert on Tattoos and Body Piercings Passed Away”

Body piercings, TOO young
[Guest Author] This article on tattoos and body piercings is the thirtieth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him now after COVID, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back.

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Parenting: The most common cause of feeling tired is being tired

Tired teen boy on bed
[Guest Author] This article on “being tired” is the twenty-ninth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him now after COVID, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back.

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Parenting: Natural Consequences are the Best Discipline

Discipline: Mother spanking a boy
[Guest Author] This article on Discipline and Natural Consequences is the twenty-eighth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL has been taken over and is up for sale, so I’ve lost track of him now after COVID. But I’ve resurrected his content, added back some photos and will have it here for safe keeping until he wants it back.

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Parenting: Consider the Option of Telling the Truth

Mom talking to child
[Guest Author] This article on “Telling The Truth” is the twenty-sixth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. It may have been through this very post that I “met” him several years ago, while I was writing My article on the subject. His URL is now up for sale by a “flipper” and I’ve lost track of him now after COVID; but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back.

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Parenting: Boys and Girls are different

Boys and Girls are different
[Guest Author] This article on boys and girls are different is the twenty-fifth in a series of guest posts by a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with because of uncannily similar ideas, opinions and experiences… including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants them back.

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Parenting ADHD: Errors of commission and omission

Gymnastics, good outlet for ADHD

[Guest Author] This Guest Post on Parenting ADHD, Attention Deficit/hyperactivity, is the twenty-forth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. I’ve already written a whole series of articles on ADHD myself; and even some on ADHD and puberty. But Dr. Barrett has a perspective of his own. I’ve resurrected his content from his vacant and camped on blog; but I’ve needed to add applicable images and occasional updated information/comments (shaded). Read more →

Parenting: Why Not Immunize Children, Parent’s 10 reasons

Smallpox vaccine
[Guest Author] This article on “Why Not Immunize Children” is the twenty-second in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back. An academic professor, he listened, categorized and understood reluctant parents’ reticence to immunize – and talks about them here.

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Medicine: Do Nothing Whenever Possible

Wonderful medical advances
[Guest Author] This article on Using The Least Treatment or medicine Possible is the Twentieth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging.

 

Best Medicine is No Medicine
Do Nothing Whenever Possible
by Gregory A. Barrett, M.D.

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Parenting: Dealing With Bad “Tween” Behavior

Bad Tween Behaviors
[Guest Author] This article on Bad Tween Behavior is the nineteenth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. I’m including them here, first: because my friends web site seems to have been “hacked” or something; and, second: because sometimes he just takes the words right out of my mouth.

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Parenting: Picky Eaters

Picky Eaters
[Guest Author] This article on Picky Eaters is the eighteenth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants them back.

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