Austintown Pediatrics

07/30/2026

Be thankful for your friends today!!

07/29/2026

FYI, Recall notice!!

Evenflo has issued a voluntary recall for REO car seats. Testing found potential for the adjustable headrest to shift from one position to another.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟭) 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝟭𝟬 & 𝟭𝟭) 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴. Register your car seat with Evenflo, if you have not done so already, to receive important safety information and direct notification when a free remedy becomes available.

See our website for more details including model list and registration link. https://csftl.org/voluntary-recall-evenflo-REO

07/24/2026

Happy Parent Appreciation Day!! Your hard work and efforts in raising those kiddos are always appreciated by us!

07/23/2026

I'M BORED......😳
How many parents out there are starting to hear their kids complain about having nothing to do???
Well summer has only just began 😬. Keeping kids busy can boost their mental health, their physical health as well as helping improve better sleep cycles. Here's a list of potential activities for those "bored kids".

Keeping the kids busy doesn't have to be expensive or over-the-top. These summer activities are easy ways to keep things interesting.

07/22/2026

It' s important to ensure that your child is getting an adequate amount of sleep all year round. Summertime should not impact your child's sleep routine. Staying up a little later is okay but instilling consistent bedtime routines will make for a healthier child.

07/21/2026

Such a tragedy! These are hard discussions to have as a parent, but we need to talk to our kids!

A normal Thursday morning in Sumter, South Carolina ended with a mother's scream in her own front yard.

Geoffrey Hauptman kissed his wife goodbye and left for work. Minutes later, he called Betsy and told her to lock the doors. Someone was passed out in the yard. He was calling 911.

Betsy went room to room checking on their six children. She found five.

She ran to the front door to tell her husband Timothy was missing. Geoffrey looked at her. He shook his head. And she screamed.

Timothy Barnett, 13 years old, was lying in the front yard. He was gone.

Security footage from the night before showed Timothy sitting alone in the family car for nearly two hours, frantically scrolling through his phone in the dark. Nobody knew why. Not yet.

Police took his phone and his school Chromebook. Timothy had changed his passcode just before he died, and it took months to crack it.

Eleven weeks passed with no answers. Betsy called investigators twice a week. She drove to the station and refused to leave until someone spoke to her.

Then the truth surfaced.

A stranger with a New York area code had been contacting Timothy through a secret second Snapchat account. That stranger had an explicit photo of Timothy and was demanding $35 every single day to keep it from being posted online.

One of Timothy's last messages read: "Please. I am just a child."

He was a seventh-grade honors student at Alice Drive Middle School. He played baseball, held a yellow belt in karate, and practiced saxophone. His mother said he used to wake up every morning and brew her coffee before she even asked.

He left behind dozens of su***de notes addressed to the people he loved.

Betsy Hauptman has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Snapchat, alleging the platform was designed in a way that made her son easy prey. The case is now part of a massive federal consolidation involving more than 600 lawsuits against social media companies.

The FBI has received over 13,000 reports of online financial sextortion targeting minors. Most victims are young boys. Most of them suffer in silence because they are too ashamed to tell anyone.

Timothy never told a soul.

If your child uses Snapchat or any social media platform, have the conversation tonight. Not tomorrow. Tonight.

And please share this post. Every parent who sees it is one more family that might catch this before it is too late.

07/20/2026

Positive Monday Thought

07/17/2026

Happy World Emoji Day!!! 😃🙃🤗

07/16/2026

Is my child meeting his milestones?
This is a common question we often hear from parents. During every Well Child Check, we assess and monitor for developmental progress. There are many resources that can be provided to help get a child back on track if delays are found. Call the office to schedule your child's well check !

07/15/2026

If you're headed to a waterpark this summer, keep these safety tips in mind!