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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.

Health in School: A Case for Later Start Times for Teens

This article summarizes research about how starting school later could help teens improve their health in school. The article also explains why later starting times are unlikely to happen anytime soon.

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.

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.

Teens and Sexuality: How Parents Can Keep Communication Lines Open

Talking to your teenagers about personal health and wellness is hard. Talking to them about relationships and sexuality is even harder. These tips can help you get the conversation going.

Talking to Your Child about Relationships and Sexuality

Helping kids learn about relationships and sexuality takes time. These family ideas can help you start the conversation about sexuality, responsbility, and respect.

Teenagers' Issues: Facts on Sexuality

Get the facts about teenage peer pressure and sexuality. You will be alarmed at some of the statistics as they relate to teenagers' relationships and sex.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Teens, Body Image, and Self-esteem

This article on body image explores how to tell the difference between normal teenage behavior and actions that are cause for concern. The article goes on to explain what to do if your teen’s behavior is worrisome.

Eating Disorder Facts for Parents of Middle School Girls

If you have a teenage or preteen girl, you will want to read the alarming gender behavior statistics about eating disorders and other adolescent behaviors that are presented in this article.

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