pediatric housecalls Robert R. Jarrett M.D. M.B.A. FAAP

Hello, and welcome to Pediatric House Calls. I am…
A Physician board certified in Pediatric medicine with Clinical experience including caring for infants, children and teens – well these days mostly children and teens up to twenty-one;
An Administrator experienced in top medical management for several national health insurance companies;
An Author of health care manuals, newspaper columns and even children's stories;
A Business Medical Consultant for drug companies, insurance companies and physician practices;
A Veteran of the US Navy in the Vietnam era;
And…
I make House-Calls.

Parenting: Draw your own circles

All types of circles, families
[Guest Author] This article on Families is the seventh in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over shared ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging.
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Parenting: Toilet Training Is Not a Parenting Test

Potty Trainiing: It's not rocket science you know
[Guest Author] This article on Toilet Training, is the sixth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never actually met but have “bonded” with because of shared ideas, opinions, experiences and philosophies—including having a penchant for medical blogging.
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Teenagers: Maturing and “THE Talk”

Father having THE talk with his teen girl and boy
[Guest Author] This article on having “THE sex talk” or sex education, is the fifth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over shared ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. This article on talking to children about sex is something that I’ve written about too, several times; it’s that important in the scheme of childrearing.
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Most Important Parenting, When It Appears The Least

Family during "parenting" time
[Guest Author] This article on the “Most Important Parenting” is the fourth 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.
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Parenting: Four bad ages

Bad ages are universal not just in your kid
[Guest Author] This article on the “bad ages” for parenting is the third in a series of guest posts from another pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with. We share ideas, opinions and experiences including having a penchant for medical blogging.
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Choose Your Battles With Teens Over Hair and Clothing

Mother teaching daughter to 'fly'
[Guest Author] I’ve mentioned before how I stumbled upon another “blogger” on the internet and bonded instantly, like he was a “brother from another mother” based on the fact that we had been writing similar pediatric articles completely independently for years. His URL is up for sale now, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants them back.
 
This one: “Choose your battles” is “survival parenting 101.” It merely means to save your energy, and credibility, for the “big stuff” (and there is enough of that to be going on with). Read more →