As mothers and fathers, our lives become filled with so many wonderful moments thanks to our children, but they’re often at the sacrifice of time for ourselves. There are meals to prepare, diapers to change, practices to drive to, homework to help with, friends to pick up and toy cars to play with. There’s also the whirlwind trail of cleanup that comes after all of those … [Read more...]
Should You Give Your Kids Whatever They Want?
There has been a growing trend in this country to allow children to have whatever they want. And while this sounds like a great deal for the children we really have to question if this is actually good for them. Some in society will tell us that if we really love our kids we would not hold back giving them something they really wanted, but what if what they really wanted was … [Read more...]
Packing a Nutritional Lunch For Your Child
In order for your children to grow up happy and healthy you need to ensure that they eat the right food. It’s easier to feed your kids healthy options when they’re at home but once they hit the school gates it’s out of your hands. This is why it’s vital that they have a nutrition-packed lunch that they actually want to tuck in to. What Food? The most important thing is … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Help Your Kids Enjoy Baseball Practice
Baseball can often get serious; at times, a little too serious. Coaches, players, and spectators will forget the fact that, at its core, baseball is a game. Though you, as a coach, might be forcing kids to make use of baseball trainers, there’s no assurance that those kids are actually having fun. After all, spending hours in front of a baseball practice net is not exactly … [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...]