17 2025 December
No Sugar Cranberry Sauce Your Kids Can Make– and It’s YUMMY
I love spending time with my kids in the kitchen during the holiday season. From cookies to dinners, cooking activities […]
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10 2025 December
Stop and Smell Your Children
Yes. That’s what I said. Just stop and smell them. Smell their hair, their bellies, their armpits, and, most of […]
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03 2025 December
Why Lentils Are More Than a Superfood: They Are a Sexyfood
Long have I wondered what it is about lentils that keeps them from the American dinner table. I think I […]
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26 2025 November
Gratitude Beyond Thanksgiving: From Practice to Mindset
Why Practice Gratitude? Why practice gratitude? Because without it, we take our everyday lives for granted. When we stop to […]
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19 2025 November
Traditions: You Need Them But You Don’t Need Them All
A mom at my kids’ school bemoaned the holidays, complaining about having to bring out the Elf on the Shelf […]
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05 2025 November
From Funcle To Father: The Third Installation
Cultivating Your Baby’s Microbiome (and Some Confessions of a Pediatrician) The terms microbiome and gut flora are everyday lingo in […]
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30 2025 October
From Funcle To Father: The Second Installation
“Did you know vaping can mess with your sperm?” My brother, Raman, talked of quitting his vape habit for years, […]
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22 2025 October
From Funcle To Father
The First Installation “One day, if neither of us gets married, we should have a test tube baby together.” When […]
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15 2025 October
Should I Let My Kid Lift Weights?
I was just asked by a friend whether she should protest against her eleven-year-old’s interest in lifting weights. This gave […]
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