Some practical (and fun) ways to prepare your child for kindergarten.

Motion sickness can lead to a lot of frustration and anxiety. This post goes over WHY it happens, how to know if your child has motion sickness, and then reviews some evidence-based tips and tricks for treatment and prevention. I also talk through a practical list of things to have in your car if your child is prone to car sickness.

Unfortunately, it is very easy to unknowingly become over-heated, especially when on vacation and not in your regular space or routine. Knowing the signs of heat illness and when to be concerned is important, especially because children and the elderly are especially vulnerable to heat injury.

When you find a tick on your child, it is easy to panic. Here is a practical, high yield post detailing what you should do, and what else you need to know about tick-borne illnesses in kids, including Lyme.

Parents significantly underestimate the dangers of bodies of water. Approaching water safety using multiple layers is the most effective way to make sure that you have back-up fail safes in the event something goes wrong. Here are my top tips to keep your kids safe this summer.

The terminology of drowning is extremely confusing. Terms like “dry drowning,” “near drowning,” “delayed drowning” and “secondary drowning” are often used interchangeably and are ambiguous. In fact, because they are confusing, using these terms is actively discouraged by organizations such as WHO, CDC, and Red Cross. Let’s go through how drowning is actually defined.