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  • The Orlando Repertory Theatre offers special showing of “The Cat in the Hat” for children with autism

    Into the gray nothingness of a dull, rainy day pops the boisterous Cat in the Hat, ready to play. He says,

    "I know it is wet

  • 5 Ways to Keep Your Kids Active in Bad Weather

    If you can’t take young children to a park or allow them to run around the neighborhood, consider coordinating with other nearby parents for playtime. Encouraging your children to have friends over can lead to indoor games of tag, hide and seek, and even more unique activities. Just make sure to take any screens away, which can diminish imaginative play. 

  • The most important thing you probably aren't teaching your child

    One of the many hats that parents, caregivers, coaches, teachers, and child life specialists (like myself) wear is that of a cheerleader. We encourage kids to feel smart, capable, strong, creative, and to be kind to others. But what do we do to teach kids about being kind to themselves?

  • 10 Ways to Help Your Child Travel During the Holidays

    Traveling during the holidays can add an additional layer of tasks to manage and challenges to overcome, especially if you are traveling with children.  Whether by plane, train or automobile, here are some tips to supporting your child with the goal of minimizing their stress and ensuring a happy holiday for everyone.

  • How to Keep Your Kids Hydrated in the Summer Heat

  • Orange County Healthy Connections Discusses the Forthcoming Proton Therapy Center at MD Anderson - Orlando

    Learn more about our new proton therapy center.

  • “Go Blue” to Support The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families

    April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and throughout the month, The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families is dedicated to raising awareness and critical funds to support programs that identify, treat and prevent child abuse. 

  • The many ways teens act out to harm themselves - and what you can do about it. (Part 1 of 3)

    Finding out that your child is harming themselves can be shocking, confusing and concerning. Often, parents react in a way that make things worse for the child and the family in general. Given the complexity and importance of this topic, we’ll talk about it in three separate blog posts. In this first post, we’ll discuss ways in which teens may self-harm. Second, we’ll look at contributing factors and reasons why they do it. Lastly, we’ll talk about common red flags and practical exercises to help teens who are struggling. Understanding the contributing factors will help you make adjustments to the “big picture” instead of assuming that all the responsibility lies with the child. The practical exercises are based on the reasons why they do it because teens self-harm for different reasons. Therefore, you have to make sure you match the exercise appropriately. 

  • The many ways teens act out to harm themselves- and what you can do about it (Part 3 of 3)

    I hope that by reading Parts One rel="noopener noreferrer" and Two of this series where we talked about the different ways self harm can manifest itself in teenagers and the different reasons why teens engage in self harm, you’ve gained a wider perspective about self-harming behaviors, what they are and why teens do it. This topic is often clouded in misconceptions and caregivers often assume their teen knows better than that. However, even if your teen does know better than that, it is important to be prepared in the event he starts doing it. Our responses as caregivers are the most important factors in helping them stop. This third part will offer practical ideas to help teens who self-harm.

  • Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Searching for Babies Born on the First Day of Opening in 1989

    Orlando, FL (July 1, 2019) – In celebration of its 30th birthday, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is searching for individuals born on opening day, September 10, 1989. These babies born at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer will be turning 30 years old, which also would have been the late Arnold Palmer’s 90th birthday.