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Parents' Issues Checklist: Teaching Character, Sportsmanship

Are you doing everything you can to help your child have a winning attitude, both on the field and off? Complete the following checklist and find out.

Using Computers: Safety at Home Matters

For the sake of their personal health and wellness, you need to monitor how children use their computers. Safety includes proper posture, taking rests, and avoiding repetitive stress injuries.

Kids' After-school Activities Benefit Parents' Development, Too

When your child is on the field, you can bond with other parents. After-school activities are good for your child's social and physical development and can be equally good for parents' development.

Guarding Your Child's Health in School Takes Teamwork

If your child has a chronic health condition, make sure you put together a plan to watch out for his or her health in school. Communication with school personnel and teamwork are the keys.

Medication Guidelines Foster Safety in School

In order to protect students against child substance abuse while fostering health in school, public school policy typically sets strict guidelines regarding asthma inhalers and other medications.

Noisy Classrooms Can Cause Major Education Issues

When the noise levels get too high, learning takes a dive. Researchers have discovered major education issues with noisy classrooms. Amplified classrooms may be a key to restoring hearing health in school.

For Healthy Eating Diets, Children Like a Dip

Searching for a snack to encourage healthy eating for kids? For healthy eating diets, your little ones can have a dip. This recipe is quick, easy to prepare, and uses ingredients many households have on hand.

Finding Dr. Right

Finding the right doctor is important for your family's personal health and wellness. How do you choose? This article includes tips and questions to ask.

Helping Your Child Deal With Doctor Exams

Some kids truly fear doctor exams. Infant babies don't like being undressed while being examined, and older kids have their fears too. Here's what you can do to help your child.

Parents' Issues: Is Your Child at Risk of Burnout?

Many parents' issues involve children's extracurricular activities. Is your child taking on too many activities and feeling stressed? Help him or her focus on quality not quantity, and you'll all be happier.

For Your Child's Personal Health and Wellness, How Many Sports Are Too Many?

Do you know how to tell if your child is overdoing extra-curricular sports? Learn how to support your young athlete's personal health and wellness as well as recognize the signs of burnout.

Parents' Issues: Too Pushy About Sports?

Do sports come first in your household? Do you live for your child's game day? Check these signs to learn if your love of the game has become a parents' issue that could adversely affect your child.

For Safety and Health in School, Have Your Kids Wear the Right Sports Gear

One in three children who participates in organized sports has been injured. Protect your child from injury. For his or her health in school, learn how to take precautions to make sure your child stays safe.

Helping Allergic Children: Tips and Facts About Nut Allergies

Nut allergies endanger many children. Tips for living with nut allergies and how to be prepared to give your child first aid can be found in this article. You'll also find facts about who allergies affect and what its symptom...

Choking Can Happen: Be Prepared With These Choking First Aid Hints

We often think many things are healthy foods to eat for everyone, but that's not necessarily true. Make sure you know these chocking first aid hints in case you ever need them.

Personal Health and Wellness: Food Allergies

Sometimes your child's behavior is not a reflection of your parenting skills, but what you are feeding her. You're concerned about her health and wellness, so find out more about food allergies.

Parents as Good Sports in Adolescent Activities

When parents set good examples, sports can be a great tool for teaching character and health fitness. Parents can lead the way in being good sports and stressing fun instead of winning.

Social Strategies for Gender Equality

Want your kids to grow up feeling that men and women are equal? Model equitable gender behavior for them with fun family activities, plus tips on adding gender equality to your parenting toolkit.

ADD Symptoms May Point to a Different Issue

For one parent dealing with her child's aggression and adolescent behaviors, questioning his diagnosis and resulting ADD treatment he received led to a healthy, well-balanced life for her son.

Fluoride Plays Key Role in Kids’ Dental Health

Nature's cavity fighter is one of the main sources of dental health. Children now have healthier teeth thanks to fluoridation of water. Find out more in this article explaining how fluoride contributes to kids' dental health.

What? Eat Healthy at School with Fun Brown Bag Lunches? Absolutely.

When the search for health in school lunches is futile, it may be time to bring out the brown bags. A dash of creativity and lots of playfulness can mean that healthy food eating isn't out of reach during school lunchtime.

Getting Bedwettng Help for Your Child

Nightly wet sheets may cause stress in children and parents, but bedwetting help is available. The first step may be a doctor examination, but then try these tips for putting a stop to bedwetting.

Parent Stress Doubles When a Twin Is Sick

It's more than double the trouble when one baby of twins has a serious illness or disability. The parent stress of ensuring the adolescent child development needs of both are met can be overwhelming.

Dyspraxia In Children: Does Your Child Have It?

What is Dyspraxia (Clumsy Child Syndrome)? Is it possible that your child could be affected by this disorder? Even kids with an above-average learning intelligence are affected.

For Healthy Eating, Children Need the Food Guide Pyramid: Part 1

In a society teeming with junk food, is it possible to raise healthy eaters? Absolutely! For healthy eating, children (and adults) should follow the recommendations of the Food Guide Pyramid.

For Healthy Eating, Children Need Healthy Snacks

According to the 2000 Dole Fruit and Vegetable Update, fries, desserts, chips and soft drinks have replaced fruits and vegetables as staples. For healthy eating, children need healthy snacks.

For Healthy Eating, Children Need the Food Guide Pyramid: Part 2

In a society teeming with junk food, is it possible to raise healthy eaters? Absolutely! For healthy eating, children (and adults) should follow the recommendations of the Food Guide Pyramid.

Parents' Issues: Don't Let Stress Overtake Your Life

Every parent feels stressed at times. It's how we deal with parent stress that's key to staying sane. Learn how to maintain your personal health and wellness and keep peace at home.

Asthma and Your Child's Health in School

If your child suffers from an asthma cough or asthma attacks, your concern for your child's health in school is very important. Do you know your school's policy on medications?

Sports is Much More than Healthy Fitness

If it weren't for the discipline kids get from sports, it might be tempting for parents to give up. But when sports contribute to adolescent child development, we realize it is about more than healthy fitness.

Major Education Issues: Do Kids Really Need Recess?

Has your child's school cut back on recess time and added more classroom time? Many schools are struggling with major education issues that include new policies on limited recess.

Children and Fitness: Choosing a Sports Program

Choosing the right sport can set your child on the path to healthy fitness. But sports can do so much more, teaching children behaviors like teamwork and perseverance.

Your Child's Personal Health and Wellness: Does He Have Bruxism?

Have you noticed that your little one is grinding his teeth at night? Your child's personal health and wellness has to come first. Here are some tips to help you child with bruxism.

Teach Safe Adolescent Activities for Playground Fun

Keeping outdoor environments safe for personal health and wellness activities means teaching playground safety. Help your child engage in safe and healthy fitness activities outdoors.

Forty Ways to Help Your Child Be Successful

You want to raise your child to encourage personal health and wellness, not to mention happiness and productivity. Consider these external and internal assets that can help your child be successful.

Food for Children: Tips on Healthy Eating

It can be hard to get your children on a healthy eating diet. Try these tips to introduce healthy food eating children will accept. Be sneaky, be smart and start with one new food at a time.

What to Ask During Doctor Exams

If you're uncertain what questions to ask during doctor exams, read this article. It gives advice on what to ask when taking your child to the pediatrician whether for an illness or for a personal health and wellness check-up...

A Menu for Success: One Michigan School District's Path to Students' Personal Health and Wellness

More and more kids are overweight and obese these days, putting child fitness and personal health and wellness at risk. Here are some actions you can take to fight this epidemic at your school.

Tonsillectomy as ADD Treatment?

If you've thought about having your child's tonsils removed, consider this: It could improve adolescent behaviors. One study shows a connection between tonsillectomies and decreased symptoms of ADHD.

Family Ideas for Limiting Television Time

If you want to encourage personal health and wellness for your child, then you'll need to turn off the television. Recent research shows television contributes to children becoming overweight.

Meaningful Family Ideas to Spend the Summer Days

The summer can provide bountiful time for fun family activities that promote play, togetherness, travel for kids, and healthy fitness. These family ideas can add zest to your summer.

Solutions for Toddlers, Babies, and Sleep Require Creativity

Not all kids are great sleepers. One mom shares her creative solutions for getting toddlers, babies, and children to sleep.

Got Sleep? Babies, Toddlers Need Their Zs

Daily sleep requirements vary by age, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Babies, toddlers, and children need different amounts of sleep. This chart can help.

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