6 strategies for sharing disappointing news with kids, in a year with lots of it
By Felice Keller BeckerAugust 7, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. CDT Earlier this week, I received a voice mail from our Los Angeles-area school district with news I had been both expecting and dreading: Our students would not be returning to campus this fall. While I was flooded...
Coronavirus Update from Children’s Medical Group
Five months into the coronavirus pandemic, we are continuing to learn more about this virus that is affecting all our lives. We’ve found the following information helpful as we’ve honed our practice’s response within our central Mississippi community. Coronavirus...
Swim Safety Tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Swimming is a fantastic form of exercise and a major component of many spring break trips and summer break fun. But parents should remember that swimming also comes with risk. Follow these tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics to protecting children from...
How to Help Kids Embrace Mask-Wearing
Most children enjoy the chance to feel morally superior. Assign them to be the family mask monitors. By Perri Klass, M.D. What a beautiful thing is a face mask if it gives us back our world. With states in various stages of reopening, the challenge we face right now...
Becoming Your Healthiest Self: An Eat-Well, Get-Fit, Feel-Great Guide for Teens
Parents, empower your adolescents so they can make choices that promote their healthiest self. Teens, getting older means making decisions about what matters to you most. Making healthy choices is a great place to start. Taking care of your physical, emotional, and...
Now Scheduling Sports Physicals
by Joanna Storey, M.D. It’s an encouraging sign of community life returning to normal that area schools are beginning summer sports practices. As a result, we’ve heard from many parents in our practice that their children are needing a sports physical. In the past,...
An Update from the Offices of Children’s Medical Group
After almost two months of living through a pandemic, we’ve all settled into some new routines. Here’s what’s been going on at the offices of Children’s Medical Group: We are open and continue to see patients for wellness and sick visits. We are...
Exercise is Medicine During a Pandemic
By Joanna Storey, MD Back in February, as concerns were mounting in the U.S. about coronavirus, I started reading a new book by Judy Foreman, a nationally syndicated journalist who writes and speaks about health matters. This book titled Exercise Is Medicine provides...
Coronavirus Update: Some Good News for Parents of Young Children
Joanna M. Storey, MD Children’s Medical Group Jackson, MS Since we first started hearing about the novel coronavirus strain infecting residents of Wuhan, China, pediatricians have been particularly anxious about what a world pandemic would mean for our young...
CDC: Children with COVID-19 less likely to be hospitalized, show symptoms than adults
Trisha Korioth, Staff WriterApril 06, 2020 Children remain at lower risk of severe illness due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than adults, but infants were found to be most at risk of hospitalization among pediatric patients, according to preliminary data...
Teens & COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities During the Outbreak
Social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19can be especially hard for teens, who may feel cut off from their friends. Many also face big letdowns as graduations, proms, sports seasons, college visits and other long-planned events are cancelled or...
Children’s Medical Group COVID-19 Update
As you are aware, the cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mississippi continue to climb. We have some community spread in the metro area and we want to keep you up to date on our procedures in place to take care of our patients and families. We also hope to continue...
Tips for Coping with a New Baby During COVID-19
All babies cry. Most babies cry a lot from two weeks to two months of age. Some cry more than others, and some cry longer than others. For many new parents, crying is one of the most stressful parts of coping with a newborn. In some cases, extreme...
Positive Parenting & COVID-19: 10 Tips to Help Keep the Calm at Home
Calmly teaching your child good behavior can become more difficult, though no less important, during stressful times. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers these tips for families facing long periods of time isolated at homeduring...
Clinic Update from CMG Doctors
To the patients and families of CMG: We wanted to give you an update on what we are doing at CMG to help keep our patients, families, and staff as safe as possible while striving to provide excellent care. First, we are moving wellness visits (checkups) to the...
Talking to your kids about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Darren T. Scoggin, MD Children’s Medical Group Jackson, MS There is so much discussion on a constant basis about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that kids are sure to hear it mentioned at some time or another. Have your kids asked you what it is? How have you...