Alcohol-based hand sanitizers, that is.
While I completely understand all the reasons to use hand sanitizer, I hope this campaign has illustrated beyond a shadow of a doubt why you should NOT use alcohol-based hand sanitizer.  And “because the Today Show has got me all in a panic over substance abuse” is not even in the [...]

“Common sense is not so common.”  - Voltaire
We know what we should and shouldn’t do, both for ourselves and for our children.  That doesn’t mean we always do it, but I’d bet that most of us make the effort most of the time.
Good Kids Bad Habits is about making the effort.  It’s not about achieving [...]

Sure. Pick up that raisin and eat it — it’s only been on the ground for four seconds!
Works for me.  After all, isn’t it the FIVE-second rule?
While I’d like to credit my older daughter’s exceptional health to all the instances in which we’ve strengthened her immune system through the consumption of food that has spent [...]

The twenty-first century has brought all sorts of wonderful advances to aid in our efforts to keep ourselves healthy and to heal us when we are sick.  While such new developments are invaluable, there’s still no substitute for getting back to basics - and that’s exactly what Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg does in her book Good [...]

Puddy: “Oh, germ-o-phobe. I know what that’s about.”
Elaine: “Huh?”
Puddy, showing her his necklace: “I’m a recovering germ-o-phobe. Ten years.”
Elaine: “What is this symbol?”
Puddy: “It’s a germ.”
From Seinfeld, Season 9, Episode 9, “The Apology”
Maybe we’re not all card-carrying germ-o-phobes like David Puddy, but I’d bet that most parents want to minimize unnecessary exposure.  I remember visiting amusement [...]

Are your kids developing habits now that could ruin their health later?
That’s the question posed by author and pediatrician Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg, and unfortunately, this question is far from alarmist.  Children are now being diagnosed with what used to be adult diseases like atherosclerosis (commonly known as hardening of the arteries), hypertension (high blood pressure), and diabetes.  In [...]