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Sherri Gordon

Sherri (Mabry) Gordon is the author of nearly 30 middle school and high school nonfiction books including "Peanut Butter, Milk, and Other Deadly Threats," which won a National Science Teachers Award. The topics of her other books have included everything from mental health, abuse, bullying, public shaming, cyberbullying, and online trolling, to peer-to-peer file sharing, green energy, and surviving your first break up. Gordon also writes articles and web content on bullying prevention, mental health, relationships, technology, parenting, and more.

Publications

  • Parents
    130 articles
  • Health.com
    94 articles
  • Verywell Family
    29 articles
  • Verywell Health
    20 articles
  • Verywell Fit
    5 articles
  • verywellfamily.com
    3 articles
  • health.com
    1 article

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  • How the FDA's Milk Testing Pause Affects Your Child's Safety
    9 May—Parents
    Milk parents purchase the grocery store is still safe to buy and drink What's paused is the proficiency testing that measures how well labs are performing milk safety checks Parents do not need to be alarmed; the FDA is still making sure the milk you drink is safe By now, you have likely heard that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended its testing procedures for milk in the U.S. But the information that has been dispersed online about this change may not have included the...
  • —Parents
  • This Is The Evidence-Backed Reason Why Autism Rates Are Rising
    1 May—Parents
    Here's what parents need to know. Over the last decade or more, the number of kids diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder has increased significantly. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about one in 31 children have autism, making it the most common neurodevelopmental condition in the U.S.1 But this increase doesn’t mean that autism is growing faster than what should be expected. Instead, experts explain that increased awareness, wider research, and...
  • Can 'Sleepmaxxing' Really Help You Get Better Rest? Here's What Experts Say
    12 May—Health.com
    If you’ve spent any amount of time on TikTok, you’ve likely come across “sleepmaxxing.” This wellness trend is all about, well, maximizing your sleep every night with practices like mouth taping, pineal gland meditation, sleeping in a cold room, and more. However, sleep medicine experts caution that some of these tips don't actually have much science to back them up. In fact, being hypervigilant about the amount of sleep you are getting could have the opposite effect and cause stress and...
  • —Parents