Our Children
Children is the future of the world. That's why it's so important to take care of them and teach them good manners, so they would be great people for making a great future.
Five Tips to Help You Deal with Diabetes in Teenagers
If you have a teenager with diabetes, it's important to be aware of some of the issues affecting your teen when it comes to managing the condition. Here are 5 tips to help you and your teenager cope with diabetes.
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Flu Season
The flu season is from November to April, with most cases occurring between late December and early March. Although you can get a flu shot well into flu season, it's best to try to get it earlier rather than later. However, even when there are only 2 or 3 months left in the flu season, it's still a ...
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How to Plan for a Productive Summer
The “summer slide” is how experts and educators describe the more than 2 months of math learning students lose during the course of summer vacation. What can parents do to keep kids sharp over the summer?...
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HOW TO TALK TO YOUR TEEN ABOUT MONEY
For many parents it seems like just yesterday that their children were on their way to kindergarten, but now that they're in middle school things seem to be happening way to fast. Teens seem to go from having play dates to group movie dates right in front of your eyes....
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Join Kids and Families Around the Globe to Walk and Bicycle to School in October
Free, convenient, enjoyable and does not require special equipment or training: Walking is a great way for adults and kids to be active. Lack of physical activity is a major cause of chronic illness and death for our country’s adults. Being overweight can cause health problems like diabetes du...
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Kids Dream of Being Professional Athletes and Why Not?
It's fun to think about being the very best in your favorite sport, not to mention earning a big salary. But in recent years, people have been looking more closely at the way some athletes get their bodies into super shape—tough enough to break records....
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Kids, Allowance, and Chores
According to a survey by Zillions, about three–quarters of all allowance recipients (of all ages) were supposed to perform chores to get their allowances....
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La importancia de la buena forma física en los niños
Llegó la primavera y es el mejor momento para que los niños y adolescentes realicen actividades físicas. Actualmente, existe un gran número de actividades y deportes en los que un niño puede participar. Siempre les insisto a los padres que el elemento más im...
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Make the First Five Count
Every year, millions of young children with unidentified disabilities enter school with learning and health issues that put them far behind their peers and have a lasting, negative effect on their ability to meet their full potential....
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Music and Kids
On every corner of the planet we share the gift of cultural expression. It is the beautiful ability to articulate who we are and what we experience in a way that connects us all and remains entirely unique to human kind. This has manifested itself differently throughout our story on Earth, yet one o...
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No More Excuses
Computer games, TV, and fast food are the main causes of obese children, which has become an epidemic in the United States. The number of obese kids has more than doubled in 30 years. In America today, 20 percent of all children ages 2 to 19 are obese, and of that number, 40 percent are African Ame...
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Occupational Therapy Awareness Month
Ten–year–old Jason was in an accident while riding on his bicycle. Although he survived the accident, it left him with a brain injury. To improve some of his cognitive (thinking) skills, comprehension skills, and coordination, Jason’s doctors recommended that he receive occupationa...
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Overweight and Obesity
The percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an alarming rate, with 1 out of 3 kids now considered overweight or obese....
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Pointers for Parents
What can you do to be sure your teen gets enough sleep to be healthy and perform at his or her best?...
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Prematurity
More than a half million babies in the United States–that’s 1 in every 8–are born premature each year. Some babies are so small they could fit in the palm of your hand. If you’re pregnant, learn about the risk factors for premature birth....
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Remember to Relax While on Your Family Vacation
One of my favorite movies is Family Vacation. Chevy Chase plays the father who loves his family and wants every single moment of their vacation to be just perfect. Not only does he want his family to have a great vacation, but he wants it to be an educational experience as well.
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Simple Ways to Encourage Your Kids to Learn Math!
There is a large amount of kids who have at one point felt their brains explode when practicing “times tables.” They often wonder Why do we have to learn this stuff? It’s so boring! What they often don’t recognize is that math is used every day in many ordinary situations. Wh...
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Sleep Patterns of Children
Every living creature needs to sleep. It is the primary activity of the brain during early development. Circadian rhythms, or the sleep–wake cycle, are regulated by light and dark, and these rhythms take time to develop, resulting in the irregular sleep schedules of newborns. The rhythms begin...
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Starting Out Our Children Right: Target Diet
Parents are flooded with advertisements for food products claiming to be healthy alongside media coverage on the child obesity problem. But, if we start out correctly, healthy children will grow into healthy adults....
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Stay Focused, Connected, Informed & Inspired
To each parent, our children are our number one most important thing in the world. It’s our responsibility as parents to teach them what is good and what is good for them; however, if we are not aware of those good things to teach our children, then they cannot learn from us. So, parents, be p...
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Summer Camping
Attending summer camps during the long break from classes is gaining popularity. With hundreds of camps to choose from, children of all ages can actively take part. While some of these camps are one–day events, others can run for a week or more. Depending on your child’s interests, there...
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Take the Time to Be a Good Parent
Extracurricular activities are good for children, but they should not replace the time parents spend with their children. Peer pressure guides our lives as well as those of our children. We want our children to have the opportunities that other children have, and we find ourselves enrolling them in ...
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Teaching “Number Sense”
How can number sense help a child in math? Quick! What is 2/3 of 240 6/229?...
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Teens and Sleep
Sleep is food for the brain. During sleep, important body functions and brain activity occur. Skipping sleep can be harmful–even deadly, particularly if you are behind the wheel. You can look bad, you may feel moody, and you perform poorly. Sleepiness can make it hard to get along with your fa...
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Tell Congress: Don
Every year, we as a nation fail to identify 1.45 million1 young children who are at risk of developmental delays—children who will enter school already far behind other kids their age. But with the right treatment and therapy before the age of five, we can change that. ...
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The Arts and Children
When people talk about education, what usually comes to mind are the academics–math, reading, science. We do not often think about the arts as belonging to the education category. Some people do not even believe that the arts are a worthy piece to be included our children’s schools. They...
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The Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Cold weather is not just a time to bundle up and enjoy the holidays, but a time to take extra precautions, especially with children. Every winter, several different types of viruses cause respiratory symptoms in the population. In pediatrics, the human respiratory syncytial (RSV) virus is a large an...
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The Importance of Physical Fitness in Children
Spring has come and there’s no better time for children and adolescents to get involved in physical activities. Nowadays, there are a significant number of activities and sports in which a child can participate. I always like to stress to parents that the most important element concerning acti...
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The Right Time for an Orthodontic Check–Up: No Later than Age 7
The American Association of Orthodontists recommends all children get a check–up with an orthodontic specialist no later than age 7...
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The Right Time for an Orthodontic Check–Up: No Later than Age 7
The American Association of Orthodontists recommends all children get a check–up with an orthodontic specialist no later than age 7....
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Twelve Benefits of Music Education
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Understanding the Modern Child of Today
All living things know what to do with their young—except the parents of today, it seems. The old tradition of raising children, which came from an autocratic society, is no longer working in our democratic setting today. It seems that we have to learn new forms of dealing with each other bec...
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