A female doctor of African descent is showing a father and toddler daughter the Children's Medical Records. The child is sitting on her father's lap. The doctor is holding a tablet computer.
    5 Things Parents Should Look for in Their Children’s Medical Records

    Here are five things I think parents should look for in their children?s medical records and have at their fingertips: BMI Percent ? Parents are often stunningly wrong about whether or not their child…

    Alan Greene as a boy in kentucy with father and grandfather
    Father: Past, Present, and Future

    Even before our babies are born, we are teaching them about the world around us. We communicate our choices, our values, even without thinking about it. They hear our voices, smell our aromas, and the…

    Plastic and Puberty
    Plastic and Puberty

    A new study has shown that brief exposures to bisphenol A (BPA) early in life can have a long lasting effect on reproductive hormones. BPA is a common ingredient in some plastics and resins that has b…

    Body Burden
    Body Burden

    This study features the largest number of chemicals ever tested for in the same group of people ? 210 chemicals were tested. The results were staggering ? each participant tested positive for an avera…

    Photoscreening to Test the Vision of Babies, Toddlers, and Children with Developmental Delays
    Photoscreening to Test the Vision of Babies, Toddlers, and Children with Developmental Delays

    Dr. Greene's take on photoscreening... Cover one eye, and read these letters? Testing the vision of babies, toddlers, and children with developmental delays can be difficult and inaccurate. It's also …

    Young boy playing with a puzzle. Play childs work.
    Play Is Your Child’s Work!

    More toys, more lights, more sounds, and more money do not make for a happier or healthier child. Many studies have shown that even the most deprived environments are full of opportunities for play. I…

    Growth Chart Standards Updated
    Growth Chart Standards Updated

    In June 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new growth chart standards. The previous infant growth charts, which have been in use since 1977, were made by measuring a s…

    A Solid Foundation
    A Solid Foundation

    When your children are grown, much of their long-term health will depend on what they ate as kids, nutrition experts reported at the July 1999 National Conference on Advances in Pediatric Nutrition at…

    On Her Tippy Toes
    On Her Tippy Toes…

    A mother from Texas inquired "My 20-month-old daughter constantly walks on her tip-toes. Should I be concerned?" (more…)…

    A Parent’s Guide to Praise
    A Parent’s Guide to Praise

    Taking pride in our own accomplishments or those of our children is a healthy thing. Requiring ourselves or our children to continually accomplish things is not healthy. As parents, we need to express…