I’m not sure but I think I was sitting at the kitchen table with my 12-year-old daughter, who was getting ready for her 7th grade play, when the call came. Urgent. Hospital. Brain actively bleeding. Trying to stabilize her. Intensive care. My mother had collapsed while working at the computer in her home office. She was taken to the emergency…
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A New Father Feels Deeply Conflicted About the Current Vaccine Schedule
Jason Olson is a new dad from Chicago, Illinois. He and I have been corresponding about how and when to vaccinate. His description of his struggle seemed so universal and heartfelt that I wanted to share it. Jason graciously agreed to allow me to publish part of our exchange about why he feels conflicted about vaccines. Conflicted About Vaccines I’m…
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AP Reporter Jeff Barnard Writing About Vaccines
November 14, 2011 (Ashland, Ore.)— We did a photo shoot this afternoon with AP reporter and photographer Jeff Barnard. Based in Grants Pass, Barnard writes about everything from extreme beer to wolf sightings. Right now he’s writing about vaccines, working on a co-written article about vaccine exemptions, state by state. For his writing about vaccines, Jeff interviewed three local families about their opinions…
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My 23-Month-Old is Driving Us All Crazy. Please Tell Me This is a Phase.
Before my father-in-law came to town a few weeks ago I called him and his wife to tell them I was slammed with deadlines and that James also had a big project due. I explained rather sheepishly that we were hoping to take advantage of their visit to keep working while they spent time with the kids. “The baby’s really…
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Dealing With Halloween Candy
Are you looking forward to spooky spaghetti, awesome Halloween costumes, and the thrill of taking your little ones on a nighttime jaunt around the neighborhood but dreading the sugar blow-out and wondering what to do with all those pounds and pounds of Halloween candy? When my kids were little the Candy Monster would come the day after Halloween. We would…
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So What’s Your 7-Year-Old Bringing For Snack?
What snacks are your kids eating at school? What snacks do they eat at home? On Monday I wrote about how we’re poisoning our children with neon-green high-fructose-corn-syrup crunchies instead of food. I promised then to share some rules for eating healthy food and snacks and feeding your kids healthy food as well. There’s nothing revolutionary—or even original—about these suggestions….
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