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Parenting: 5 Things Dad’s Should Teach Their Sons

October 19, 2015

It was quite some time ago now (almost two years) that I accidentally ran across a posting on one of the many “mommy blogs” entitled “Five Things Dad’s Should Teach Their Sons” and decided to think about linking to it in some way.
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Sorry – On A Health Related Sabbatical

October 14, 2015

[Frequent readers have most likely noticed that the Pediatric House Calls publishing schedule has gotten a bit discombobulated of late. This is due to a health related sabbatical by its only author. Sorry, perhaps we’ll resume new postings next week – till then why not use the archives links in the sidebar. They are both by date and by category. Or use the search bar for posts mentioning your specific words.]

Ten Uncool Things About Getting Older →

October 6, 2015

[Site no longer active] Believe me, Ms “Lucky Orange Pants,” a “mommy blogger” who makes me smile, doesn’t yet have a clue what the “real” sucky things are about getting older; but, she shows a remarkable understanding for someone so… not quite so young anymore.
[Site no longer active – which makes me sorry, you should have seen it in it’s day!]

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Latif Nasser: The man who gave us modern pain relief

September 28, 2015

A Doctor with a deep, embarrassing secret. A circus strong man-wrestler with a secret that might destroy his career. Together they literally altered the course of doctors treating patients at the most basic level. This short video is about how it happened – really worth watching… really!

See the video…

Infant Circumcision Now Both Advised and Safer

September 24, 2015

Circumcisions shown beneficial but still controversial

I’m not sure how to write about some new research on infant circumcision because I am aware that the subject has seemed to develop sort of a cult of non-believers not dissimilar to that of the non-immunizers.
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Bedtime Stories

September 20, 2015

We’ve had plenty of previous posts about reading to children and its benefits. We haven’t however specifically mentioned the benefits of this parenting practice at bedtime – until a few days ago.
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Night Terrors and Nightmares

September 16, 2015

Do you think that the term “Night Terrors” is just the name your grandmother used to describe an upsetting bad dream or nightmare?

Well, I never met your grandmother so I don’t know really know what she meant; BUT, they are not the same thing and are treated somewhat differently.
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Why Kids Today Don’t Know How Much Fun a Road Trip Can Be

[Site no longer active] Give anyone older than about 40 enough of an opening to explain the difference between what kids experience today and what they experienced back then – they’ll NOT be a loss for words. Perhaps about an hours worth, if they’re in a hurry to get somewhere. In the form of a […]

Sudden Cardiac Death in Child Athletes

Sudden cardiac death in children is an “eye-opener” and shouldn’t happen, especially to a healthy athletic one… right. But it does happen, all too often; and when it does it often make the newspaper. This article lets you be involved with a 17-year-old athlete who does just that— good luck!

The Most Dangerous Animal On Earth – Mosquitos

The most dangerous animal on earth to humans, cause of incalculable suffering and disease, unseen until too late, nearly impossible to kill, decimating whole populations of continents — the mosquito! This TED talk describes the problem for Africa and the methods being used to eventually solve the problem “down to zero.”