Caring for Kids
Coronavirus: To Help Us Save Lives, Stay at Home
Caring for Kids When each of us stays home, we will slow down the rate of infection. That, in turn, will slow down the number of high-risk people getting sick at the same time.
4 Ways to Help Children Cope with a Hospital Stay
Caring for Kids “When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it’s our job to share our calm, not to join their chaos.” L.R. Knost How Our Child Life Team Can Help You…
First with Kids: Fireplace Safety
Caring for Kids With winter here, parents have been stacking up questions about making fireplaces as safe as possible for the family. Let me fire up some seasonal information on this topic.
First with Kids: Igniting E-Cigarette Dangers
Caring for Kids Parents have been lighting up with questions about e-cigarettes and what they can say to their teenagers to convince them to stop, or better yet, not even use them.
The Children’s Hospital Without Walls
Caring for Kids For some pediatric hospitalists, a ferry ride across Lake Champlain is part of their regular commute. The exchange between Vermont and New York enhances education and collaboration.
Helping put minds and hearts at ease in pediatrics
Caring for Kids A child pulls the plunger on a syringe filling it with bright blue paint. “We fill a syringe with paint and use it to squirt colors on paper to reduce the stress..."
First With Kids: To Nap or Not to Nap?
Caring for Kids Recently I found parents awakening me from my mid-day nap by asking me if it’s okay that their toddler no longer wants to nap.
