At the International Adoption Clinic, I often discuss racial and ethnic identity development with families (and children themselves). More and more, adoptive parents are exploring numerous ways to support positive racial/ethnic identities for their children. One way to do this is to visit the child’s birth country. Studies show that children who are adopted internationally into U.S. families benefit from traveling to their birth country. Thankfully, there is a group in Wisconsin dedicated to helping families do this …Continue reading this post

Every year millions of medications are prescribed in the U.S. that, for a variety of reasons, never get taken by patients. Sometimes a doctor changes a prescription, or a patient simply doesn’t take all of his or her medication.

Whatever the reason, these drugs are a serious threat …Continue reading this post

Recently there was a segment on the TODAY show about a young girl in Texas who was saved by the quick thinking of her teachers and the automated external defibrillator (AED) in the school. I encourage you to watch this interview with her parents about the rescue, caught on camera. …Continue reading this post

As an e-learning consultant for Children’s Health Education Center, I help teachers, counselors and administrators deliver BlueKids.org health education programs.

No topic is closer to my heart than bullying prevention. As adults, most of us can recall witnessing or even engaging in bullying behavior when we were young. Some of us even know what it’s like to be the victim, to be scared, to not want to go to school for fear of torment and abuse. …Continue reading this post

Do you like pizza? Do you like fire trucks? If you answered yes, your family should participate in Delivering Fire Prevention.

It’s happening Thursday evening, Oct. 20, in communities across southeast Wisconsin. If you order a pizza for delivery and have children age 14 and younger, you may be chosen to have your community’s fire department deliver your pizza – in a fire truck with lights flashing and horns blaring! …Continue reading this post