This time of year marks a major transition from summer freedom to fall structure. Typically, parents are preparing for the school year with closet cleanses and refreshing clothing and school supplies. Kids are feeling excitedly nervous about their new...
We recently sat down with Dr. Julia Getzelman of Getzwell Pediatrics and asked her some questions about school-aged children and COVID-19. San Francisco Bay Area Moms also had other COVID-19 related questions and we have some answers for you.
The...
How should we expect our young children to respond to school settings with no touch?
Is it safe to send our kids to extracurricular activities?
What are some of the new and/or unique symptoms that have been found in COVID-19 positive...
Dear San Francisco,
I’m celebrating 21 years of living here this year. It’s the longest I’ve lived anywhere. Guam was dethroned nine years ago in 2011; I had lived there for ten years. Most people don’t even know where Guam...
As the weeks ticked by under shelter-in-place, some people baked bread, some took up knitting and others staged elaborate photo shoots posing like famous paintings or dressing up as characters from “Tiger King.” I decluttered.
This was a favorite pre-quarantine...
A few weeks ago, I heard a school superintendent on the radio refer to children living through the 2020 pandemic as a “lost generation.” The phrase “lost generation” cut through me like a knife. I burst into tears, allowing...
This day was a gift. It didn't take away the stress of the past four months. Or how horrible things are with society collapsing and over 120,000 deaths and no new movies being made and the Zoo closed and...
You know you’ve been thinking about it...it’s all you can see when your mask is on. The forehead lines, brow lines, crow’s feet...how can you get them to go away?
Botox helps prevent muscles from making creases. It is technically...
“I’d like him to be tested for COVID-19,” are the words no mom wants to hear from her child’s pediatrician.
They’re normally followed with “just to rule it out,” and with instances of the virus still low in the Bay...
One major silver lining of the pandemic is the amount of time my family is getting to spend together.
Pre-COVID, my daughter and I woke up at 7:30 a.m. while my husband, who had finished work at midnight the night...
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