What Is The Next Step In Your Life?

This Season, We’re Saying Thank You to Caregivers

Izabela Bonzanini What Is The Next Step In Your Life? - News 22 Dec, 2021

Every day, nearly half a million Connecticut family caregivers help their loved ones live independently at home. Whether it’s dropping off a meal or calling to say “hello,” the holiday season is a wonderful time to show appreciation to a caregiver in your life.

The Truth About New Babies

Izabela Bonzanini What Is The Next Step In Your Life? - Kids & Family - News 29 Nov, 2021

I have always enjoyed speaking about the early development of babies. The first three months are critical, but, surprisingly enough, those three months are really more like the nine months of gestation than the subsequent months and years of child development.

I-84 Danbury Project Initiative to Reduce Traffic Congestion

Izabela Bonzanini What Is The Next Step In Your Life? - News 25 Oct, 2021

The I-84 Danbury Project is a Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) initiative to reduce congestion and improve the mobility of people and goods along the I-84 corridor in Greater Danbury.

Getting Connected: The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

Izabela Bonzanini What Is The Next Step In Your Life? - News 19 Oct, 2021

If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that access to high-speed internet is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. The pandemic has also exposed the level of reliance we have on high-speed internet. Helping older adults get and stay connected to high-speed internet is a key area of focus for AARP.

You are not their friends

Izabela Bonzanini What Is The Next Step In Your Life? - News 28 Sep, 2021

Parents aren't provided with instinctive knowledge about how to raise a child. The appearance of a child does not miraculously give a parent sudden insight. There are, I think, maternal and paternal instincts. But the love that swells from the birth of a child doesn't come with a manual. As both a parent and a pediatrician, I can tell you that ignorance and emotion lead to poor decision-making.

Straight Talk about Child Abuse

Izabela Bonzanini What Is The Next Step In Your Life? - News 27 Aug, 2021

I am sure that in my long career, I have neglected to touch on many issues during “well” visits. I always believed that if doctors overdo their advice, it all becomes overwhelming. The child and the parent walk away remembering nothing. But there are so many issues! Safety, diet, exercise, reading to your child, giving children their space, avoiding praising or criticizing a child's appearance excessively.