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Are Gifts More Important than the Holiday?

Does your child look forward to the gifts they will receive for the holidays all year long?

Are the gifts the only part of the holiday for which your kids anxiously wait?

This materialistic outlook might be the indication of a growing problem.

So, with the holidays approaching once again, how do you keep kids focused on what is important rather than how many presents they will receive?

Special guest, Dr. Lisa Asta, MD, and Melanie Cole, MS, discuss how to keep your children focused on the truly important part of the holidays: family, friends, loved ones and giving back to the community.
Are Gifts More Important than the Holiday?
Featuring:
Lisa M. Asta, MD
lisa astaLisa M. Asta, M.D., is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, for which she is also a Media Representative (she has been interviewed for Kids Health on Health Radio, and quoted in Parenting Magazine, USA Today, and the New York Times, among other publications). She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco and past pediatric chair at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. She graduated from Temple University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins University.