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How to Raise Healthy Kids
The key to raising healthy kids is teaching them how to make healthy decisions. To do this, you must be informed about health issues that affect your child and be willing to take an active role as a parent. Childhood obesity is the biggest health threat facing kids. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16.3 percent of youth in the United States are obese. This causes alarm among health professionals concerned about correlations between obesity and increased risk of other diseases and conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke, liver/gallbladder disease, sleep apnea/respiratory problems, osteoarthritis and reproductive problems. By following these steps, you can take action to stimulate healthy decision-making and prevent obesity.
How to Teach Children to Cook With Simple Recipes
Kids love to help, and helping in the kitchen tops the list. Once they’re past the toddler “lick the spoon” stage, where do you start when you want to teach them real cooking? The best thing to start with is simple recipes of their favorite foods. Before you know it, they’ll be surprising you with their own creations as they grow confident in the kitchen with the life skills you’ve taught them.
Signs of Tubular Pregnancy
A tubular pregnancy (also known as a tubal pregnancy or, more commonly, an ectopic pregnancy) occurs in about one out of every 50 pregnancies. The literal meaning of the word ectopic–out-of-place–explains how a tubular pregnancy differs from the norm. While in a typical, healthy pregnancy, a fertilized egg implants in the uterus after traveling through the fallopian tube, in a tubular pregnancy, the egg implants outside of the uterus. If the signs of a tubular pregnancy are overlooked, a woman’s health and future fertility can be at risk.
Social & Emotional Development in Preschoolers
Preschoolers are a whirlwind of energy and imagination. One minute she can impress you with her cooperative behavior only to frustrate you the next by having a meltdown at the mall. The social and emotional development of 3- and 4-year-olds transitioning from toddlers into school-age children is as important as her cognitive and physical development. According to a survey of kindergarten teachers by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the most important factors in school readiness are health, communication skills, enthusiasm/curiosity, turn-taking and attention span. The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child states that the core features of emotional development include the ability to identify and express his own feelings properly as well as empathize with others. The tendency for parents and preschool teachers to push the basics (ABC’s, counting, shapes, colors) can sometimes cause socio-emotional skills to be overlooked.
Early Childhood Physical Education Activities
The Maine Department of Education states that effective early childhood physical education activities, those for preschool aged children, should promote long-term healthy habits and contribute to the entire learning process. This is why many preschool physical education activities focus on imagination and games as well as being physically fit. While each physical education class is different, the same goals are sought to be met and every activity has purpose.