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The next question comes from Dr’s S and S: Dear Dr. Rob: We can’t figure out how to raise kids properly. Can you give us some tips? Well guys, I am glad to be able to impart my vast wisdom in the area. There are so many areas, I have actually thought of writing a [...]
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So here we are again after a long hiatus (not the hernia kind, just a break of time…although I have been belching a lot lately). There are some serious questions that have piled up (in a cyber-sort of way), so let’s get at them. Pikmin, from South Carolina asks the following: What’s the deal with [...]
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Lots of good questions are coming in. Dear Doctor Rob, I’ve recently had pain in my lower back and down the back of my left leg. A friend of mine talked me into setting up an appointment with her chiropractor. But I’ve always thought chiropractors were quacks and I only made the appointment in a [...]
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A good blogging buddy who was a pediatrician went by the name “Flea,” as it is a doctor of those who are very small in size. It is in honor of him that I have named this post. He is still missed. This week’s question comes from another Offsprung reader: Dear Dr. Rob: I love [...]
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OK, it is time to get serious again. It has been a long time since my last “Ask Dr. Rob” post. I know that you all are tired of the serious drivel I have been spewing out over the past few days and so want higher intellectual content. Your wish is granted. Bruce asks me [...]
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OK, time to get back to answering your questions (after a brief hiatus to be somewhat serious). Some of the readers of my regular blog may not realize that I am now also answering questions for the publication Offsprung, a parenting website like no other. Obviously it is off of the mainstream, if you consider [...]
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The next question is from an old friend (at least as far as blogging friends go – that means over 6 months) Cathy, who writes me the following: I hope you can answer this question for me. I have searched and searched for a long time and can not find an answer. "Why do cat’s [...]
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Whoa. Chris and Vic (that lovable duo also known as CAK) have hit Dr. Rob with a tough one. Dr. Rob, do you ever write about serious items? If so, how about your take on “resilience”? Is resilience a cure for trauma and hardship? Is resilience a constellation of coping mechanisms? Or ??? What if [...]
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Mary asks an uncomfortable question: My husband has a recurring sty in his eye. Is this from spending too much time out at the pigpen, or those magazines we found under our son’s bed? Hmmm…. How can I word this? Uh, First off there is the issue of a stye. Styes are bumps on the [...]
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Mary asks an uncomfortable question: My husband has a recurring sty in his eye. Is this from spending too much time out at the pigpen, or those magazines we found under our son’s bed? Hmmm…. How can I word this? Uh, First off there is the issue of a stye. Styes are bumps on the [...]
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