From Dr. B

I am the mother of a college student. It's still hard to believe, even after flying nearly 3,000 miles across the country last week with my oldest son, Jack, to get him settled on the University of Virginia campus.

Questions are being posed about the manufacturing processes involved in baby food after a consumer watchdog group found detectable levels of lead in 20 percent of the food samples it analyzed.

My oldest child just graduated from high school. As he donned his cap and gown and accepted his diploma, the realization hit me like a brick. He's really growing up—and I'm not ready.

Did you know that the United States is one of the most linguistically diverse nations on the planet? With over 350 languages spoken in our country, approximately 1 in 5 children speak a non-English language, with Spanish being the second-most common.

Have you ever known a truly brilliant person who wasn't also quirky? I often ask parents this when discussing gifted children. Young, brilliant minds are easily misunderstood, a fact recently highlighted at the American Academy of Pediatrics' annual meeting.

I recently returned from one of the most wonderful and awful trips of my life. I had the chance to travel back East with my 18-year-old son, Jack, to tour the university that he's dreamed for years of attending.