By Steve Hodges, M.D. If your child was chronically constipated, would you know it? You might think, “Of course!” Yet chronic and severe...

As a dad, I totally appreciate the Instagram photos of 4-month-old Ace Wells Tucker sitting on the potty. The little dude — son of Todd...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Let’s say your child is learning to read. You expect she’ll be able to decode “cat” before she can read “flower”...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. I’ve known for years that enemas resolve pee accidents far better than any other treatment, whether it’s Miralax,...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. Carrie Tinsley is one brave mom. In her Scary Mommy blog post, “I’m The Mom Whose Kid May Never Be Potty Trained,”...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. In the last three days I’ve written letters to two elementary schools on behalf of students threatened with...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. The other day I received an email from a distraught Atlanta mom. Her 5-year-old is about to be suspended from...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. ​The other day an Aussie mum emailed asking if I’d look at an abdominal X-ray of her 12-year-old son, who has been...

Steve Hodges, M.D. Should K-12 students have open access to school bathrooms so they can freely heed nature's call? Or should teachers...

By Steve Hodges, M.D. When I was a kid, I steered way clear of the school bathroom. If you tried to poop at my elementary school,...