By Dr. Amanda Meltzer What if the moments parents worry about the most aren’t the moments children remember? After more than two decades of working with children, adolescents, and families, I’ve learned something reassuring: the worries parents carry are often very different from the memories children keep. Parents wonder whether they’re doing enough to create the “perfect” childhood. Those concerns come from love, but they also reflect the enormous pressure many families fee

By Rafael Hidalgo Every Father’s Day, children are encouraged to give something to their fathers. This year I find myself thinking about the opposite question. What do I hope to leave my daughters? For the past several years, they have watched me train for ultramarathons. They have seen the early mornings, the long hours on the trails, and the weekends spent preparing for races that most people would consider irrational. In 2023, I completed the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, a

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A heartfelt Q&A on special needs parenting, navigating diagnosis, advocacy, and finding strength, support, and peace as a parent.

Miracles for Kids brought together the Southern California community for its annual Spring Basket of Miracles, bringing together more than 100 volunteers to assemble and deliver essential care packages to families facing the financial and emotional strain of caring for a critically-ill child. The large-scale effort resulted in 424 baskets filled with household necessities, fresh produce, holiday Easter eggs, cleaning supplies, and thoughtful seasonal gifts for children and t

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Dr. Hasan Merali is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario.

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