BLOGS
Adventure Us: Roanoke area day trips, Part I
By Cristy Carr |
Virginia’s Native Allspice
By Tim Carr |
Roaming Roanoke: Little Green Hive
By Angela Evans |
The 5-Minute Answer: What is Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)?
By Marissa Siegel |
How the New Normal Brought Back Family Dinners
By Kristy Wyatt |
Some of the most vivid memories of my childhood are traipsing through the vegetable garden with my parents, collecting buckets full of green beans, yellow squash, tomatoes, and other fresh vegetables. I remember sitting beside my great grandmother on our screened porch in the heat of summertime. We snapped beans, which would ultimately be canned…
As a parent, you realize how much time flies. There are some stages in our childs’ lives we want to go by quickly, like the sleepless nights with a newborn, or the dramatic teenage years. Ultimately, these times do come to an end, and they will be ready for college in no time. When that…
Rhythm of Birth-Shalene Massie by: Rachel Robison As a result of her unique personal experiences with pregnancy and childbirth, Shalene Massie, Doula and Childbirth Mentor, has a special perspective on the childbirth process. Massie and her husband met in Blacksburg, Virginia and moved to South Sudan to do mission work soon after the birth…
The day before her brain surgery, 14-year-old Savannah Day of Botetourt County had plenty to keep her busy. One of the highlights—preparing for a press conference which showcased the thousands of toys she and her family had collected for the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where she would be spending the next couple of weeks. Savannah…
Using Children’s Books to Teach Financial Literacy It’s never too early to instill smart money management skills and savings lessons to children. One of the best ways to do this is through hands-on experience and real-life situations. This can be as simple as helping your child create and achieve a savings goal and to sharing…
As parents, we are often quick to call our pediatrician when our child has symptoms such as a high fever, rash, vomiting, or seizures. But what about snoring? It is another important symptom that your child’s doctor should know about, although it often goes unreported. However, snoring can often be a sign that a child…
I know the holidays are behind us, yet that very fact is entirely related to the message I hope to convey. I am also aware that I write the educate column, and yet this does not have much to do with kids or school. Yet there is a lesson to be learned. So here it…
Did your children write letters to Santa in which they requested the items they would most like to have delivered on Christmas Eve? Did they hand-write lists of toys and games they hoped would be left under the Christmas tree? Writing letters to Santa is an age-old tradition in which most children eagerly engage, but…
Recent developments in the topic of Delayed Cord Clamping got me to thinking. When I began teaching childbirth preparation classes years ago, the “movement” was suggesting many alternatives to accepted hospital protocol. At that time, the membership of Lamaze International or “ASPO”, (Association for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics as it was originally named) was mostly comprised…
By Courtney Cutright Diane Kelly said the phone calls come somewhat frequently. The flustered parent of a child, whose pediatrician has just made a psychiatric referral, calls Mental Health America of the Roanoke Valley for guidance. “The first thing I tell them is, ‘Don’t freak out. If your child had a broken leg, they…
