Parenting Playbook: Keeping your child healthy

Hear from a local pediatrician on ways to get your child's sleep schedules back in check and simple steps you can take to fight that back-to-school sickness
Published: Sep. 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Parents: summer is upon us and Parenting Playbook is here to help. Every week, discover inexpensive, fun, and creative things to do with toddlers, tweens, teens and the whole family.

On this week’s episode, Susan Goodman hears from a local pediatrician on ways to get your child’s sleep schedules back in check before school, the latest news on the flu vaccine, and simple steps you can take at home to fight that back-to-school sickness.