Posts Tagged ‘health benefits for kids’
Toddlers and Sports
When choosing to enroll your toddler in a sports program, it is understandable to have concerns about safety and an overly competitive environment. You want to protect your child from any physical or emotional harm that may come from a sporting environment introduced too soon. Safety Concern There is a concern by parents that a…
Read MoreHabits of Happy Kids
The 7 Habits of Happy Kidswww.theleaderinme.org Habit 1 — Be Proactive You’re in Charge I am a responsible person. I take initiative. I choose my actions, attitudes, and moods. I do not blame others for my wrong actions. I do the right thing without being asked, even when no one is looking. Habit 2 —…
Read MoreDesigned to Move
The world has stopped moving.source: designedtomove.org Just a few generations ago, physical activity was an integral part of daily life. In the name of progress, we’ve now chipped away at it so thoroughly that physical inactivity actually seems normal. In less than two generations, physical activity has dropped by 20% in the U.K. and 32%…
Read MoreCharacter FIRST
Wall Street Journal: September 7, 2012, 6:12 p.m. ET Opting Out of the ‘Rug Rat Race’ For success in the long run, brain power helps, but what our kids really need to learn is grit By PAUL TOUGH We are living through a particularly anxious moment in the history of American parenting. In the nation’s…
Read MoreFighting Childhood Obesity
courtesy of: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/obesity/ Childhood Obesity on the Rise Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. The prevalence of obesity among adolescents aged 12 to 19 years increased from 5.0% to 18.1%.…
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