When David Pelletier was young, there was only one thing to do during the winter in his hometown of Sayabec, a small community of about 1,800 in Eastern Quebec: skate. For most of the boys, that meant hockey, and for the girls it meant figure skating. For David, it...
Look in any baby book, or on any parenting website, and you’ll find a milestone calendar – a list of developmental goals, both cognitive and physical, and the approximate age at which your baby should achieve them.
But what if your baby was born premature? Is he or she still...
Every day, you watch your daughter on the playground and it's becoming increasingly apparent that something is not right.
She just doesn’t seem to “get” the other children. Often, she stands outside groups of children, looking in forlornly. When she does play with others, she overreacts to even the slightest...
You make sure your kids brush on a regular basis, avoid sticky candy and rinse their mouths with water after eating sugary treats if they can’t brush their teeth. You even wrangle with those little kid-friendly flossers from time to time. Is there anything else you could be doing...
