Moms – Julian Jamie Alessandroni
Children love getting their hands a little dirty. And, when it is in regards to a little project that they can take care of, that’s an even more rewarding experience than just playing in the dirt. It’s one thing to allow them to grow flowers and food in the garden at peak season, but to allow them to bring their little projects inside to grow all-year-round is another.
The Miami Herald – Rochelle Koff
Peer pressure, social media, fast food, TV commercials — these are among the myriad factors that can influence your child’s diet. Toss in the demands of work, school and activities and it’s easy to see how a kid might not develop the best eating habits. But experts stress that parents do have a weapon to fight all these obstacles: themselves.
https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article232788222.html
The Conversations – David W Scheifele
The infection begins in the respiratory tract, with nasal congestion, sore throat, red eyes and increasing cough. Unlike common colds, measles gets worse over several days, causing increasingly high fever (often to 40 C or 104 F) and putting children in bed with nausea, vomiting, chills and headache.
https://theconversation.com/why-parents-should-fear-measles-not-the-vaccine-120657
AG Week – Staff Writer
It’s the everlasting challenge of family dinner — how to get your child to eat their vegetables. With dietary authorities stressing the importance of fruits and vegetables, a pressing matter remains unresolved: most children do not easily let vegetables past their incisors. Less than 2% of American children aged 9-13 meet the dietary recommendations for minimum daily intake of vegetables. As researchers have long known, good advice to eat right is often just that.
https://www.agweek.com/lifestyle/health/4640265-when-it-comes-kids-and-vegetables-mystery-lives
Medical X-Press – Dennis Thompson
The amount of time people spend sitting around actually increased after the initial release of the federal Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans in 2008, researchers have found. “Over the past 10 years, there was no significant change in physical activity levels, but there was a significant increase in the time we sit around,” said senior researcher Dr. Wei Bao. He’s an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.