Season 2, Episode 19: What’s the Matter with Kids Today?

For centuries, family doctors delivered babies, cared for them as children, and managed them later as adults. Today, the human medical journey is most often managed by specialists, with children cared for by pediatricians.  From post-pandemic developmental delays, obesity, and declining rates of vaccination in younger children to mental health crises, and opioid and substance use in older children to screen addictions across all ages, the role of the pediatrician has never been more critical.