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Recognizing Speech Delays in Your Child
Kids are a hilarious, exceptional, a miracle. I give my 8-month old a leaf and she’s happy for about two hours to just wave it around in front of her face. She is growing every minute, every second,...
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Back-to-School Shopping? Don’t Forget the Floss!
It’s hard to believe another summer break has come to a close for most of our kids, yet here it is. Though my own children are now in college, I will never forget the days of school supply lists and...
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Sunscreen Woes: What Now?
Skin cancer is the #1 diagnosed cancer in the world, and we are all layering ourselves and our children in sunscreen these days trying to prevent them from this same future. And it’s all over the...
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Modern Day Meltdowns
If you’re like me, I was raised in the era of stern voices and spanking. Just the threat of the wooden spoon and we snapped into order. But what we know now begs for a different tactic on this...
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Painting for Compassion at Urban Roots Teaching Farm Delivers Messages of Hope
On Saturday, the community is invited to come together for a special art project at the Urban Roots Teaching Farm, Painting For Compassion that is spreading positive messages of support and hope to the...
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Full-service hospital coming to Northern Nevada, including a Women’s Health...
Full-service hospital coming to Northern Nevada, including a Women’s Health Institute As much as we do not like to admit it, kids get hurt. Whether our kids think they are Superman while biking down...
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IEP help for parents at first-ever Wrightslaw Special Education Law and...
IEP help for parents at first-ever Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference to Dec. 5 in Reno RENO, Nev. – How far will a parent go to save a child from being chronically undereducated?...
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Arte Italia Makes for a Fun Date Destination
By Jackie Shelton, Guest Contributor This season is so different from falls of the past: My kids are grown, my boyfriend’s kids are grown, and we find ourselves able to spend some time together on a...
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What Moms Can Do to Improve Pedestrian Safety
There is one statistic that local moms are focused on right now. Twenty students have been involved in traffic accidents this school year alone. Nevada is one of the top 10 states with the worst...
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Kick the Bucket List
Something about the new year prompts a fascination with resolutions and bucket lists. We feel compelled to list out all the things we want to get done or experience, yet we rarely check everything off...
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What I Wish I knew Before My 3-Year-Old Son Drowned
I have 16 photos of my 3-year-old son on what would be his final day of life. In 14 of them, he is wearing a life jacket or puddle jumper, time-stamped photos of my boy, grinning proudly as we...
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Why Do We Fix Baby Teeth?
I’ve heard this question many times in the decades I’ve been practicing dentistry. The short answer is that good dental hygiene matters just as much — if not more so — for baby teeth than for adult...
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Quarantine Life: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Beautiful
I write this in week eight of the stay at home mandate. We’ve all had a different quarantine experience, and wanted to share our stories so that you know… You’re not alone… Yes, this is hard… And we’re...
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An Open Letter to My Graduating Daughter: I’m Sorry, but It Won’t Always Be...
Dear Jilleann: I’m sorry you walked in on me crying tonight. But I had just watched a video documenting the “drive-up graduation” of a friend’s daughter from today, and I sat in disbelief thinking this...
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Make Plans to Join Sierra Nevada Journeys for Family Camp
With the travel restrictions in place due to COVID-19, many families are staying close to home and have turned to camping as an alternative to other types of vacation. Additionally, RV dealerships are...
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Waste Management Hosts 100 Days of Recycling Social Media Campaign
By Waste Management of Northern Nevada So much has changed this year, but the rules for recycling correctly are still the same. Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials...
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It’s Time for Casinos and Bars to be 100% Smoke-Free
By Kelli Goatley-Seals, MPH When my son turned 16, he started looking for a job. Here is important context: I am a former contractor for a local health insurance company who provided wellness education...
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Back to School Could Mean Back to Vaping
By Jennifer Pearson, PhD, MPH While I’m not a mother, I spend a lot of time teaching young adults as a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. I’m also a researcher focused on tobacco and...
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