Dec 29, 2019
Patch – Jonathan Arnold
With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, now is a great time to start considering what resolutions to make for 2020. When you have children, resolutions become about more than just losing x amount of pounds by the summer. In fact, getting your children involved in the tradition of setting goals for the new year is a great way to teach them about persistence and hard work to achieve these goals. It is also a fun tradition that they can look forward to each year as they grow.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/jonathan-arnold-fun-new-years-resolutions-kids
Dec 28, 2019
The Daily Mail – Staff Writer
Children are more likely to eat vegetables if they are regularly shown pictures of them, research reveals. They are also less likely to be fussy eaters and more likely to be willing to try new foods. University of Reading researchers behind the study have developed 24 eBooks telling the journey of a vegetable from field to plate. Dr Natalie Masento said: ‘Children’s acceptance of new foods can be boosted purely by a food’s visual familiarity.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7803933/Children-appetite-vegetables-regularly-shown-pictures-says-study.html
Dec 28, 2019
Medical X-Press – Mike Stobbe
There were nearly 1,300 cases of measles in the U.S. through November, That’s the largest number in 27 years. There were no deaths but about 120 people ended up in the hospital. This from a disease that vaccines had essentially purged from the country for a decade. “How can we have gone from eliminating the disease to reviving a disease? It’s mind-shattering that we would go in that direction,” said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who heads a congressional subcommittee that oversees public health spending.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-12-tough-year-measles-infectious-diseases.html
Dec 27, 2019
The Cleburne Review – Ashley Jones
Parents spend nearly the same amount of time on their devices as their children, according to research from The Genius of Play, a nonprofit initiative dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of play in child development. The results of a survey of 2,000 parents of school-aged children ages 5 through 18 suggest that families should be finding more scree-free ways to spend time together. Half of the survey’s respondents have been asked by their child to put their phone away, and 79 percent believe that their relationship with their children would benefit if everyone spent less time on devices.
https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/study-finds-that-children-adults-are-overusing-devices/article_4cbdcf8e-2676-11ea-aa04-bff2b17c2497.html
Dec 27, 2019
The Conversation – Tim Olds, Amanda Watson, and Carol Maher
The sun’s shining and there’s a trampoline in the backyard. Yet your kids want to spend their summer holidays lying on the couch playing computer games all day. So what can you do to help your school-aged kids stay active and healthy this summer?
https://theconversation.com/4-ways-to-get-your-kids-off-the-couch-these-summer-holidays-123918
