Mar 11, 2020
Baby Gaga – Heather Djunga
Children and vegetables don’t always see eye to eye. In a perfect world, mom dishes up a balanced meal and the child eats it up, without questioning. In reality, this is not always the case. Veggies are sifted out by discerning children. Some are able to swallow mouthfuls of food blends and successfully strain out the veggies through their teeth. So then how does mom win the food battle and get her little one to eat balanced meals? Moms throughout the ages have asked this exact question and many have come up with workable solutions – good news for you and your small child (even if they don’t see it as good news just yet).
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Mar 11, 2020
Moms – Renee Barrett
Most parents begin the talk with their children around 8 0r 9 years old. Once a child hits puberty, they are most likely to have questions about what’s happening with their bodies, and they will be erroneously educated by their peers. For this reason, it is imperative parents have the talk with their children before their friends do.
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Mar 10, 2020
Slate – Jane C. Hu
Early reviewers praised the original iPhone, calling it a “revolutionary” device that “could change the future of computing.” Now, more than a decade later, the cultural conversation has shifted: Consumers fret that the smartphone era has changed our behavior and ruined our attention spans. One study found that just having a phone nearby distracts adults; anecdotally, people report that constant internet access has ruined their ability to read books and that they imagine their phone is ringing or vibrating even when it’s not.
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Mar 10, 2020
Thrive Global – Mike Jones
Exercise is a great way to reduce childhood obesity because it burns calories and has multiple emotional and cognitive benefits. Unfortunately, there’s several exercise roadblocks for children, both at school and home. For example, physical education classes are being cut or shortened, which reduces exercise at school. Ever-present screens take up a significant amount of time from the day—leaving less time for kids to move their bodies. And for some kids, their own parents do not serve as good role models for the benefits of exercise.
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Mar 9, 2020
Moms – Simon Books
Leaving to go to work every morning was a near-nuclear emotional experience for me and my then 4-year-old child, who would cling to me and cry for me to stay. It is as though my son thought he would never see me again the moment I walked out the door. Moreover, whenever I dropped him off at school, he would whimper asking me not to leave him behind.
https://www.moms.com/easing-child-separation-anxiety/
