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Jane LernerJane Lerner covers the health and hospitals beat for The Journal News in Rockland. She has worked for The Journal News since 1991, first in Westchester, then in Rockland. She has a master's degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, where she completed a concentration in health and science writing. She lives in Rockland with her husband and two children.

E-mail Jane Lerner at jlerner@lohud.com

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Kids and colds

February
14

There probably isn’t a child in the world who has made it through the winter without a cold or cough.

We’ve all heard a lot this winter about the dangers of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines. So what are we supposed to do when our kids get sick?

The American College of Emergency Physicians. has some advice.

Acetaminophen [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on February 14th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

What to do for February break?

February
7

My kids have 15 days of school for the entire month of February and that’s counting Leap Day! There’s that pesky Superintendent’s Conference Day that will keep them home this Friday. (Do they really have to schedule that in February???)

Then one week of school before the week-long February break. What’s a working parent to [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on February 7th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Girl Scout cookie sale starts

February
1

If you have a Girl Scout in your family or know someone who does, chances are that you are going to be asked in next couple of days to buy some cookies. The annual sale has started. For the first in years, it’s being held in the winter instead of the fall.

The time of [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on February 1st, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Safe sushi for kids

January
30

I have a child who loves to eat sushi – that’s right: Raw fish. I can’t even look at the stuff without getting queasy, but I tend to indulge her because seafood is such a healthful food, right?

Maybe not.

With all the talk about mercury and other nasty stuff lurking in our fish, I’m starting to [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on January 30th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Finding a Wii

January
29

If your kids are like mine, they’re probably clamoring for a Wii. I didn’t even try to buy one during the busy Christmas/Chanukah season. But someone in my family has a birthday coming up. So I started asking around…..The news wasn’t encouraging. All local stores seemed to be sold out. No better luck with on-line [...]

Posted by Jane Lerner on January 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

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Parents’ Place is a hangout for openly discussing the A’s to Z’s of raising a child in the Lower Hudson Valley. From deciding when to stop using a binky to when to let your teenager take driving lessons, Parents’ Place is here to let us all vent, share, and most of all, learn from each other.
Leading the conversation are Julie Moran Alterio, a business reporter and mom of a toddler, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, a reporter and single father with joint custody of a 9-year-old son, and Len Maniace, a reporter and father of two sons.


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Julie Moran AlterioJulie Moran AlterioJulie Moran Alterio, her husband and baby girl — “Pumpkin” — share their Northern Westchester home with three iPods and more colorful plastic toys than seems necessary to entertain one tiny human. READ MORE
Jorge Fitz-GibbonJorge Fitz-GibbonJorge Fitz-Gibbon has been a journalist for more than 20 years and a father for nine. READ MORE
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