Category: Parenting & Family Life

Jellyfish, Dolphin or Tiger: Understanding parenting styles

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD March 16, 2026 No Comments

Compared to other mammals, humans take a very long time to develop and mature into adulthood. For example, a squirrel is born, nurtured and weaned away, coming into their full…

Our Child Likes Them Better!

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD May 4, 2025 No Comments

When your child prefers mac and cheese over chicken tenders, as parents we shrug and just hope they don’t change their minds before they eat the ten packages of pasta…

What’s Your Sleepover Policy?

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD March 3, 2025 No Comments

Children have an uncanny ability to ask for their first sleepover – and many that follow – at the last minute, when there’s little time to discuss and prepare. If…

Call It Like It Is: Using appropriate names for genitals

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD October 28, 2024 No Comments

When a baby needs to put their arms up to put on a shirt, parents say, “Put your arms up!” When they bump their head, we say, “Ouch! Your head…

Cat and cow, butterfly and fish!

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD August 15, 2024 No Comments

Dog, cobra, eagle and camel all sound like things our kids pretend to be, but they are also yoga poses. At Alzein Pediatrics Primary & Urgent Care, we know that…

Screen and Media Guidelines from the AAP

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD August 2, 2024 No Comments

Updated guidelines help your family navigate media use Do you know what the current American Academy of Pediatrics media guidelines are? Don’t be embarrassed if you’re grasping at straws right…

When Your Kids Discover the Food Chain…

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD November 1, 2023 No Comments

During fall outings to farms and pumpkin patches, your child may have put two and two together and discovered that those charming pigs, chickens, and GASP! TURKEYS! will eventually make…

Should Your Kids Keep Their Room Clean?

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD May 1, 2023 No Comments

It is the stuff of threats, of epic battles and of miserable Saturday mornings for both children and parents. But is all this angst and upset really worth it? Should…

Stopping The Night Time Travelers

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD April 10, 2023 No Comments

You’re fast asleep, dreaming pleasant dreams of a solid night’s rest. You begin to roll over and wake up when realize that someone is laying next to you, hogging up…

Put Down That Cell Phone! How Your Screen Use Affects Your Children

Dr. Hassan Alzein, MD February 27, 2023 No Comments

Remember the song “Cat’s In The Cradle” by Harry Chapin? It’s an oldie you’ve probably heard a time or two. The song describes how a busy father never seems to…

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