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In The Child Repair Guide, pediatrician and dad Dr. Steve Silvestro brings the wisdom and insights of the world's best childhood health and wellness experts directly to parents in one truste...
Plenty of parents jumped for joy on October 7th when Pfizer asked the FDA to grant Emergency Use Authorization to give its COVID-19 vaccine...
People seem to think that sleep problems are only for babies. The moment you bring your newborn home, people start asking "How much sleep ar...
As part of the huge response to the last episode (thank you!) in which I broke down the new CDC guidelines on how vaccinated and unvaccinate...
Now that the COVID vaccine rollout is well under way around the world—and the light at the end of the tunnel is within grasp!—we're still le...
I can't believe it, but The Child Repair Guide is celebrating a HUGE milestone! And to celebrate, I've dug deep into the archives to share a...
With many areas approaching the dates and metrics they've set for reopening school—or back at school already—the question of schools' role i...
It goes without saying that the ability to manage stress and recover from trauma would certainly come in handy these days. For parents, thes...
We are finally here—the end of 2020 & the start of 2021! But the truth is, we can't walk into 2021 hoping to reset the clock back to what li...
This is a super-special & super-exciting episode! At long last, vaccines against COVID-19 are being rolled out and administered. Parents hav...
Perhaps the greatest challenge we all face as we grow up is finding our identity—figuring out who we are and who we want to become. It's no...
This holiday season, everyone is asking the same questions: "Can we find a way to get together with family? What if we all get tested first?...
It goes without saying that COVID has turned everything we know on its head. This is equally true for almost all things parenting. Things we...
Hey, we're all trying to do our best when feeding our kids healthy food. And what might be your best effort right now may not be your best e...
When a pediatric dietician has over 1 Million followers on Instagram, you know she's got amazing tips. Jennifer Anderson is the brilliant mi...
We're about nine months into this pandemic—do you feel like you have a handle on how to tell if it's getting better or worse? Do you have a...
One of the biggest questions I've been asked lately is how to help young kids develop social skills—whether it's because their preschools ar...
There's been a great debate these past few months about whether and how to send kids back to school. But something's been missing from the c...
If you've felt like these past few months have both dragged on and flown past at the same time, you're not alone. We're all waiting with bat...
We all have multiple roles to play—but none of us expected to have to play them all at the same time, all day long. These last several month...
The most common answer pediatricians have been asked by parents of young kids is: "Is it safe to send my child to daycare right now?" The be...
We're halfway into 2020 & it's clear that we could all use a glimmer of hope right now. This is a tool that I've mentioned before, but that...
Like much of the country, I've been thinking a lot about inequality and bigotry of late, trying to put so many feelings into coherent though...
The task of parenting a modern day boy is daunting. It's as if teenage boys and those who raise them are in an Indiana Jones movie, dodging...
"Fear and what you do with it are two separate things." I love this quote from Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, especially right now. What we and...
When I last spoke with Dr. Michael Daignault 6 weeks ago, the COVID-19 storm was approaching. Now that we're in the thick of it, he and I ca...
We're in a new normal—and with no clear end in sight. And as frustrating or anxiety-provoking as it may be, there is one indisputable fact a...
So I'm the pediatrician who wrote that viral article discouraging playdates during the coronavirus pandemic. And while I'm glad the message...
There's a flood of information about the COVID-19 coronavirus out there, and it can be challenging to tease out what it really means for you...
Comedian Ray Romano once noted that "having children is like living in a frat house — nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot...
I'd say that anyone who's paid attention to the news in the last few years, has been on social media—or has just conversed with other human...
Remember that "always wear sunscreen" song from the late-90s? Well, here's my version—updated now that we're all parents. After taking care...
I didn't walk into 'Frozen 2' expecting to be moved as deeply as I was. But an unexpected and brave choice struck a chord with me and, I hop...
When your kids were little, chances are that you'd occasionally face a "witching hour"—usually somewhere between 5 and 7 PM—when everyone wa...
"People are not just birthing babies—they're birthing themselves as parents." - Tara Campbell Lussier, cofounder of Arrow Birth Getting read...
We all have "To Do" lists—sometimes several of them at once. But do you have a parenting To Do List? And of those list of things to do—wheth...
I can't believe it — 100 episodes! To celebrate this big milestone for The Child Repair Guide, I've dug deep into the archives to pluck out...
Has this ever happened to you? You're in the grocery store checkout line, pregnant, and a random stranger decides it's okay to touch your be...
Decided to share one of my speaking engagements with you because -- I hope -- there are some pearls in here that you might find helpful. Las...
I have a SUPER special guest this week—my amazing wife, Monica Silvestro! Monica has built a life around education, health, and personal dev...
This is an episode I hope every parent hears. Bullying has been a hot topic in the last several years, and for good reason. Up to half of al...
This is a quick and important point that all parents of today's kids need to hear and pass on to their children. If your kids have said they...
I messed up. I made my daughter cry. It wasn't pretty, and I felt awful afterward. But I've learned in my 11 1/2 years of parenting that own...
Whether you're on the verge of starting to potty train, in the middle of it, or having no success at all, this is the episode for you. This...
I don't know about you, but my kids' dressers are jam-packed with trophies, medals, and ribbons. And all but two or three are for participat...
Whether you have a toddler or a teenager, this is an episode you need to hear. I sit down with Marc Groman, former Obama White House tech an...
As you've likely heard, there's a measles outbreak. But if it's only infected a few hundred people, why all the fuss? Is this something you...
"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day," right? But what if your child isn't hungry before school? Is that a problem? What's going...
Kids don't come with an instruction manual (just a " Child Repair Guide !"), and the parenting section in bookstores can be overwhelming. An...
I hurt when my kids hurt. It's heartbreaking as a parent to watch your child be in pain. And if your child has chronic pain, it can take suc...
We'd all love to raise kids who are positive and who can appreciate the good in their lives. In this episode, I describe a simple, fun activ...