Summer weather is beautiful; however, everything has two sides. The warm summer climate will often make it difficult to manage your child’s asthma. The high temperatures, excess humidity, and abundant pollen from trees tend to escalate the symptoms in asthmatic children. Luckily, there are established ways of managing asthma during the hot season as discussed … [Read more...]
Help Children to Love Exercise
Would you ever let your child go several days without brushing their teeth? You probably wouldn’t, considering the fears of high dentistry bills and your son or daughter being left with a mouth riddled with cavities! Not many parents consider the effects however, of letting their children veg out on the couch in front of the TV for several days at a time. It is often true that … [Read more...]
Keep Your Brains in Your Head, Kids
What could be more stressful for a soccer mom than seeing all the kids on the team piled up in some sort of tackle or huddled over an injured child and hoping your child isn't the one they're huddled over? One of the moms on our team deals with the stress by slipping a bit of booze into her canteen before the game. It's a good thing she does, otherwise she's so high-strung that … [Read more...]
15 Outdoor Games to Keep Kids Physically Active After School
It’s no secret that the average kid isn’t a big fan of school. To kids, school is a bit of a dusty, boring prison. Kids look forward to all the stuff that happens outside of school. Although we live in a world of computers at our fingertips and convenient entertainment like video games and television, we should keep kids active and try to promote outdoor activities. As … [Read more...]
Help Your Children With Fitness: 3 Exercise Tips for Parents & Children
In the United States, the average child watches three hours of TV each day and about five and a half hours using media in one form or another (television, computer, video games). Due to this trend, the obesity rate in children, over the past three decades, has more than doubled. Television and media have become the babysitters of the new millennium and it’s to the detriment of … [Read more...]