Published On - September 11, 2020
Happy Anniversary!
Thrive by the Numbers We are thrilled to share our anniversary with you. It has been an incredible year. We have been very fortunate due to our patient and community support to have survived and in fact, thrived opening our clinic during a pandemic. In fact, our efforts were featured by the American...
Published On - September 11, 2020
5 Things Parents Can Do When They Feel Angry
It’s Common and Manageable Every parent experiences moments of anger when dealing with their children. This is common but can lead to relationship struggles between parent and child as well as trigger mental health problems such as low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. Not to mention that a...
Published On - July 27, 2020
Cucumbers Coping with Anxiety
A while back, I saw a meme that said “They say the body is 60-70% water…so basically we are all cucumbers with anxiety!” In a time of a global pandemic, this is truer than ever. As I talk with my patients about mental health, I let them know that everyone experiences anxiety and depression. ...
Published On - June 10, 2020
Becoming Comfortable with the Uncomfortable:
Thrive speaks on what it means to be anti-racist: Recent events have awakened me. I am deeply saddened by the death of Mr. George Floyd. I feel horrified as to how he died. I recognize that his death unfortunately represents centuries of discrimination and racism in our country especially towa...
Published On - May 26, 2020
Curious About Your Child’s Development?
2020 has been tough! Life as we knew it took a hard left back in March, and none of us can foresee what we’ll find in our new normal. Here at Thrive Pediatrics, along with our partners at Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy and Learning Academy, we want to support parents, like yourself, through the ...
Published On - April 10, 2020
Teach Resilience to Children
When my daughter was two years old, she was walking across the street in a cross walk with my wife and son. They were all hand in hand on their way to lunch. Then a car started to turn left into the cross walk to beat the oncoming traffic. The driver did not even look […]...
Published On - March 14, 2020
Keeping “Well” Kids Well
At Thrive, we have taken a number of important steps to prevent the spread of illness in our practice. Before we ever even broke ground on our new location, we were planning and designing a clinic that would allow us to see and treat both the sick and the well at the same time. These […]...
Published On - January 7, 2020
What’s Floor Therapy?
“Floor Therapy” When I was a boy, one of my best friends was my mother. We did all sorts of fun activities together but one of my favorites was when she would get down on the floor and simply play with me. I loved pretending with my Star Wars or G.I. Joe figurines and so my mother wo...
Published On - December 11, 2019
3 Myths About Vaccines
When I was eight years old I had the Chicken Pox. I can vaguely remember feeling crummy for a period of time, very itchy and with sores all over my body. I still have a few scars from the disease. This was before there was a vaccine for chicken pox and so it was passed […]...