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Tips for Safe and Healthy Summer Travel

by Peg O'Neill, M.D.

Summer is a time when many of us travel with our kids to experience new places or return to old favorite places, to visit loved ones, or to just spend time together when school is out and most of us have fewer commitments. Most kids (and their parents) who are lucky enough to take off for vacation look forward to these trips. But travel can be stressful, especially for moms who need to remember the details of how to keep everyone comfortable, fed and safe, whether in the car or on the plane. With this in mind, check out the American Academy of Pediatrics website’s current feature article on travel safety @ www.aap.org.

Here’s to safe, happy and healthy summer vacations for all of us…

Not a Daddy, But a Husband!

by Andrea Lynn

Leaving the soccer field last night, Claire said “I want to have a daddy.” Yeek! It was boiling hot, we were all exhausted, Anna was whining and crying her way to the car. I was carrying the folding chairs, the bag, the water. I had no energy for this kind of discussion. Not to mention the setting of the parking lot was not as I’d hoped. […]

Mothers Capture Precious Metals at the Olympics (July 27 – August 12)

by Rosemary Lichtman, Ph.D., and Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D.

The full range of female athletes on the Olympic teams makes it clear that age and family responsibilities are not the barriers to participation in the Games they used to be. Even before the London Olympics begin in 2012, stories from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing highlight the courage and resolve of the mothers of the world – as they demonstrate their athletic prowess and win gold or silver medals. […]

Mother Loss

by Jane Samuel

Four years ago, I naively walked through the life of a middle-aged woman with not much thought to the loss of a parent, let alone the loss of my mother. Then the dominoes in our lives began to line up, teeter and fall – some swiftly, some slowly, all painfully. […]

National Parks for Family Vacations – 2012

by Rosemary Lichtman Ph.D. and Phyllis Goldberg Ph.D.

Given your limited budget, have you made any plans for a family vacation? Any time of year, a low cost getaway can create memories to cherish. But for some Sandwiched Boomers, squeezed between caring for growing children and aging parents, the choices may be slim. […]

STIs: Up Close and Personal with Viruses (Part I of II)

by Dr. Barb Depree, M.D.

In our little roundup of sexually transmitted infections, maybe you’ve noticed that many of them have no symptoms, and others mimic common illnesses like the flu or a urinary tract infection.

The take-away? There’s no way to know if you’re carrying an STI without getting tested. And there’s no way to prevent reinfection unless your partner gets tested, too. […]

Runaway

by Valerie Gillies

And I would run away
I would run away, yeah…, yeah
I would run away
I would run away with you

Cause I am falling in love with you
No never I’m never gonna stop
Falling in love with you

The Corrs “Runaway”

I use music like a pyromaniac uses gasoline. It’s a mood accelerant. Sad? I can be sadder in a flash. Elated? Romantic? Hyper? There’s a tune for just about everything. Technological improvements, like the iPod I can’t quite master, caused me to misplace some of my favorite tunes. How appropriate it was that I found the loaded CD holder yesterday, the first of my 48 days of summer. I popped in Runaway and was swept back nearly 20 years, late at night after all four chicken pox ridden children had finally collapsed, my lover and I falling into each other’s arms in the dim light, and slow dancing around the kitchen. I don’t dance. But I did. And it felt so good that my mind captured it like the rare prize that it was, and beautifully stored it in sensurround. […]

Found In……

Children born to mothers over 40 are less likely to have accidents or need hospital care and more likely to have been vaccinated early, as compared to those of younger women, a study has found. Researchers at the Institute of Child Health, University College London and Birkbeck College, London, said their findings showed older mothers could make better parents. Read more at:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-22/parenting/31813943_1_older-mothers-older-women-younger-women

Is it a good idea to have children after 40? Read more at:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2150209/Its-good-idea-mothers-kids-40.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

New Study: Docs Don’t Talk About Sex (Part III of III)

by Dr. Barb Depree, M.D.

When was the last time your doctor asked you how your sex life was going?

I thought so.

In a new study, a team from the University of Chicago surveyed over a thousand OB/GYNs about whether they talk with their patients about sex. The results may not surprise you, but they won’t reassure you, either. […]

Full Circle

by Peg O'Neil, M.D.

“I can do it myself!” says my six-year-old, as he swings his leg up the high bottom branch of the cherry tree in our front yard. I have just given him a barely perceptible, gentle nudge to help him get where he wants to be, but it’s clear that he doesn’t want this. I need to back off. What he really wants at this point is for me to be there, to cheer him on and observe his triumph. […]