Items Tagged ‘Dr Angela Mattke’
August 7, 2018
How to Set Down Your Device and Start Paying Attention
By In the Loop 
A recent study found that teens spend an average of nine hours each day looking at a screen. Adults who are determined to not let that be true for their kid will first need to look in the mirror.
Tags: Dr Angela Mattke, Dr. Amit Sood
June 14, 2018
Sunshine and Screen Time: Managing Your Child’s Media Use This Summer
By In the Loop
Summer break has begun for most students, which means new (or no) routines. Unfortunately, many kids are spending a bit too much of their newfound free time staring at a screen.
Tags: behavioral health, Dr Angela Mattke, Dr. Chelsea Ale, Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, pediatrics
August 11, 2016
Let Them Eat Dirt (Or at Least Play in It)
By In the Loop
Cleanliness is next to godliness. Just ask any parent kneeling before a new baby. Suddenly, the world and all its filthy surfaces — not to mention its filthy humans — seem teeming with danger. To protect their precious progeny, many parents discover a clean gene they didn’t know they had. A baby arrives, and the […]
Tags: Dr Angela Mattke, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Periscope
September 29, 2015
Got a Parenting Question? #AskTheMayoMom Has the Answers
By In the Loop
Parenting seems like a relatively straightforward business — until you add actual children to the mix. Then come all of the questions. Is it okay to let an infant cry it out after waking at night? How can you subvert a picky eater? Why do some folks have concerns about vaccinations? What’s the best way […]