Newsbook – Coryse Borg
Children are calling on adults to create the time to communicate with them, and set aside their mobile phones to engage in a respectful dialogue that makes them feel heard, according to a national consultation exercise. https://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2019/03/29/children-urge-parents-to-get-off-their-mobiles-and-pay-attention/?lang=en
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Measles is so contagious that one infected person can spread the respiratory virus to 90 percent of people in the same room—and it can live in the air for two hours. Often, an infected person doesn’t even know they have measles for several weeks. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-03-measles.html
Medical X-Press – Lamiece Hassan
One in five children in England are overweight by the time they start primary school. Nationally, children are weighed and measured, aged four to five, during their first year of school. But findings from our new study suggest that to prevent obesity parents should keep an eye on their children’s weight from as early as age two. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-03-parents-child-weight-age-oftwo.html
The Huffington Post – Caroline Bologna
“Parents influence how their children come to think about their bodies in a number of ways. These include the feelings, attitudes and conversations that parents have about their own bodies and appearance ― also, comments from parents about their child’s body and appearance,” said Amy Slater, an associate professor at the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/foster-healthy-body-image-child_l_5c86b4a8e4b0d936162add28
Aleteia – Calah Alexander
When we’re young, exercise is effortless. Think about how many times you’ve had to stop your child from running full-tilt through the grocery store, climbing up a bookshelf, or jumping into puddles just to see the water splash. Kids are full of energy and naturally inclined to use it. https://aleteia.org/2019/03/27/how-to-get-your-kids-to-exercise-with-you/