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...

A young mom called recently for nutrition suggestions after a miscarriage. She was hoping to be pregnant again before long and wanted to...

My parents were in over their head. They couldn't maintain any illusion of order or control as they welcomed 8 kids via C-section in 13...

Before I was 10, I was listening to my grandpa talk statistics and research practice about medicine and science. I found that I loved...

The other day I saw a post of a choir video. There were perhaps 100 kids singing the same song from their homes, stitched together into a...