I like our local hospital, and I have ideas to make it even better for patients. Is there a way for my opinion to be shared?

Dental anxiety can keep children and adults from getting the care they need. If you or your child have dental anxiety, please know that reputable dental professionals will do everything we can to help you.

In many of our homes, the laundry room is often an afterthought. It’s time to rethink this workhorse of the house.

Spring cleaning shouldn’t make a mess of the planet. Caboo, makers of tree-free paper products understand that. Made entirely with bamboo, one of the fastest growing and least needy varieties of grass on Earth, you can wipe out messes without wiping out forests or turning to synthetics. Caboo products are available at First Alternative Co-op.

If you’ve ever stood in the bathroom with your teen wondering, “We’re washing, we’re trying…so why is this still happening?” know you’re not alone. Acne is multi-faceted and stubborn. While hormones play a role, I often see everyday habits acting as hidden triggers.

As the flowers bloom and we prepare for the inevitable sneezing season, it’s important to remember that our four-legged family members are often right there with us. In dogs and cats, spring allergies look less like a runny nose and more like an endless, frustrating itch.

Summer learning loss, aka, the “summer slide,” is when students start the school year with academic achievement and testing levels lower than what they had at the end of the last school year. Over the summer months, students’ academic levels decline — especially in math and reading — resulting in the loss of one month of school year learning. And this slide gets steeper in higher grade levels.

One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is permission to fail. Failure is not the opposite of success; it is a necessary step towards succeeding. If necessity is the mother of invention, then feeling safe enough to fail is the father of invention.