Last week I read all 3 books in the Hunger Games series, since I had the time and my 12-year-old was going through them. Dystopian sci-fi...

She called me because she was exhausted after exercise and wasn't sure why... Every month or so I hear from a new mother who loves her...

Everyone remembers meeting my mom, even just once. She has a huge laugh, recorded on the video of every school play. She would jump in...

Since this is the most common question from high school and college girls, here are some questions to help sort it out. #1 Are you in...

It happens regularly in each section of High School Health classes that an athletic girl mentions having infrequent or absent periods,...

A few months ago a mother contacted me for her 17-year-old whose cycles had not settled into a regular pattern - she only had a few per...

This is a conversation that no one had with me before I went to college, and would have made some experiences clearer, more quickly. This...

Every section of Health Class is a bit different. In the class on Sleep we always start by talking about sleep stages and the role of...

Moms often want to know the different levels of detail and content between the Middle and High School Course. The short answer is: the...

From having kids and knowing kids, it's clear that many teens and pre-teens need a job and exercise to feel good about life. They need to...

Sometimes we eat frozen pizza 3 nights in a week. We all like the current brand of 'meat lovers', and if it's an afternoon of hosting...

Sir William Osler famously wrote: "The doctor who treats himself has a fool for a patient". I first heard this phrase used when studying...

This probably dates me, but I was trained as a kid that it was rude not to introduce yourself to a new person, particularly a new person...

Aristotle pointed out that repeated actions create a habit, and habits make doing those actions easy. Habits are automatic, done without...

We aren’t locked into our habitual roles if we examine them. The challenge is that so much of life is automatic, especially in busier...

Every month or so, from teenage years until your 40s or 50s, you’ll have a period, unless you’re pregnant, nursing, or have a health...

The short answer is just don’t do it, because nobody wins. Communities are built on respect, affection and trust. If you feel confident...

Right off the bat I'll say I didn't have a very bad case, but if I hadn't figured this out quickly it would have come and gone for...

The quality of relationships shapes the quality of your life, so it’s worth investing time and energy to improve our relationships, and...

Toddlers need a lot of sleep, kids a little less, and teenagers at certain phases need more than kids, up to 10 or 11 hours per night. It...