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Luke Voytas is a pediatrician and author in Portland, Oregon. His posts combine research and common sense to help parents be calm and confident in raising their kids.
Beyond the Checkup
Luke Voytas, MD
Archive
Behavior
Apr 24, 2019
On Quitting Hitting: why it's time to stop spanking our kids
Nov 7, 2018
How to Praise Your Kid
Sep 26, 2018
How to Avoid Parental Anxiety as You Strive to be an Informed Parent
Aug 29, 2018
Four Discipline Strategies For the Busy Parent
May 9, 2018
Creating Constructive Conflict
Food
Jan 16, 2019
Surviving the Snack Attack
Aug 6, 2018
Sugar, Sugar, Everywhere
May 16, 2018
Does Milk Do a Body Good?
May 5, 2018
Moving Beyond Peanut Paranoia
Guest Post
Sep 12, 2018
Three Ways to Boost Your Baby's Language
Illness
Feb 20, 2019
Remember Smallpox? Me Neither.
Jan 30, 2019
Measles Madness: An inevitable outbreak and what we can learn from it
Oct 10, 2018
Molluscum Contagiosum - Worst Disease Name Ever?
Jun 20, 2018
Is It an Ear Infection?
Jun 13, 2018
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Hysteria
Jun 6, 2018
The Promise of Probiotics
May 30, 2018
Those Annoying Bumps on Your Kid's Arms
May 23, 2018
Pummeled by Pollen
Myths
Jan 14, 2018
Do Amber Teething Necklaces Work?
Jan 12, 2018
The Five-Second Rule
Jan 9, 2018
Will Caffeine Stunt Your Kid's Growth?
Jan 9, 2018
Does Extra Vitamin C Help When Your Kid Has a Cold?
Jan 8, 2018
Does Sugar Make Kids Hyper?
Jan 8, 2018
Do Carrots Improve Your Vision?
Jan 4, 2018
Will Listening to Mozart Make Your Kid Smarter?
Random
May 28, 2019
Teething - tormenting parents for over 2000 years!
Oct 24, 2018
Grandma and Grandpa: A Parent's Survival Guide
Aug 15, 2018
In Defense of Traveling With Kids, Kind Of
Jul 11, 2018
The Importance of Rad Women
Jun 24, 2018
Car Seats and Boosters and Front Seats, Oh My!
Jun 15, 2018
Toxic Stress at the Border
Jun 1, 2018
On Dirtiness
Mar 14, 2018
Yoga For Kids
Reader Questions
Jul 18, 2018
When Your Toddler Doesn't Stay in the Big-Kid Bed
Sleep
Jul 27, 2018
The Science of Screens and Sleep
Jul 18, 2018
When Your Toddler Doesn't Stay in the Big-Kid Bed
May 30, 2018
Melatonin For Sleep
Jan 10, 2018
My Kid Should Sleep in My Room Until He's One? Really?
Technology
Jul 27, 2018
The Science of Screens and Sleep
Jun 8, 2018
Secondhand Screen Time - The Silent Killer!
Jan 8, 2018
Phones and French Fries