But what the Bristol Stool Chart can do pretty well is provide clarity.
Henry recalled an experience when he was working with multiple patients complaining of diarrhea, but when he asked them to point to what their stool looked like on the chart, they pointed to Type 1 — which actually indicates constipation. They believed that diarrhea referred more to frequency, rather than to a particular…
One of the most valuable things parents can do for their children is simply avoid labeling them, McManne said. Labels hurt the parent-child relationship because they get in the way of parents seeing their children as struggling and needing help. Parents start to link certain…
