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What’s Growing in My Child’s Gut?
There are many ways that each of us is different from everyone else on the planet. Take all of those bacteria and microorganisms living in your gut, for example. From the moment you’re born, your body begins forming its own unique cocktail of bacteria responsible for dealing with food the instant it enters your body. This microbiome is sometimes called “the last undiscovered human organ,” with scientists still learning about the ways it affects health. One of the things we’re learning, through recent research, is that the makeup of a child’s microbiome may even affect their behavior.
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Ellen Tindal, MSN, APRN, PNP-PC
Brandi Tindal is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner-primary care (PNP-PC) at the Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. She cares for young patients with acute and chronic diseases affecting the gastrointestinal system. She has a special interest in:
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Preparation for Birth E-Class
This E-class is an eight-chapter, interactive, web-based class that uses videos, personal birth stories, animations, activities, and games to teach all the essential information parents need to know to prepare for their birth. Understand pregnancy, learn about labor, discover comfort techniques and more.
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What goes on at your dinner table?
Dinnertime is not what it used to be. It used to be a time for the whole family to sit down around the table and spend an hour of quality time together. It was the one time of the day where everyone could sit down to a nice home-cooked meal and share stories from their day, catch up, and have meaningful conversation that otherwise wouldn’t happen on-the-go. It was the normalcy and the time of the day that parents looked forward to.
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I Don’t Need to Worry About Pornography and My Child, Right?
Therapists are required to get continuing education to maintain our professional licenses and I recently attended a workshop on youth and pornography. The information presented was not good news, but I was glad I attended because I found out my education in this area was definitely out of date!
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Retired at 12: When competitive sports become too much
Eight years ago when my son was in pre-kindergarten, we received a flyer from the moms of two classmates. A local sports association was signing kids up to play soccer (starting at age four), and these moms wanted to create a team. This was an opportunity for fun and learning, the sort of activity we had been looking for. Our son, an introverted only child, had shown interest in playing soccer so we jumped at the opportunity to increase his little social life and get some exercise. It helped that Dad had almost twenty years of experience playing soccer himself and was willing to coach our son and the nine other preschoolers who were signed up to play.
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Help your child get a good night’s sleep
Written by Betty Cheney, MD, MPH
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Spray sunscreen: is it safe for kids?
Consumer Reports has recently updated their recommendations on sunscreen use in kids, saying that spray sunscreens should not be used in children.
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The 5-Second Rule
How Much Germ Knowledge do YOU Have?
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Put down the phone!
Words with Friends. Angry Birds. Facebook. Texting. Online banking. Google. Our smart phones sure are hard to stop playing with. Anyone who’s got one can relate. Smart phones are just… fun. They truly give us the world at our fingertips. But, what happens when we can’t stop playing with that world and we start ignoring the one that we actually live in?
