Nov 12, 2020
Moms – Ashley Wehrli
Being with a toddler can sometimes feel like you are in a minefield. Everything is fine one minute, you are just hanging out and watching Blippi, and then the slightest change happens, and they go off like a bomb. Sometimes, moms don’t even know what happened to cause a defiant and epic tantrum, but it happened, and mom would do anything to just make it stop. Unfortunately, emotions run high when a tantrum is going on and mom can (understandably) lose her temper and yell and say things she regrets later. There has to be a better way.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/stop-defiant-toddler-no-emotional-harm/
Nov 11, 2020
Moms – Jennifer Passmore
We already know that gardening is a peaceful and lovely activity for adults. It helps us to relax and gives us valuable time outside to commune with nature. A new study done in Finland has found that the immune systems of children ages three to five were enhanced. This was due to there being forest undergrowth, plant boxes, and lawns that were placed outside of daycare centers, according to GoodNewsNetwork.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/gardens-greenery-improve-kids-immune-systems-study-shows/
Nov 11, 2020
Medical X-Press – Leigh Beeson
Physical education should focus on improving students’ physical skills, knowledge of the benefits of exercise and motivation to be active. The goal should be to build students’ cardiorespiratory endurance, a measure of how well the body handles long periods of exercise—not to help them lose weight, according to the study’s authors. Kids can be overweight (as measured by the Body Mass Index, or BMI) and still able to reach the recommended 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day. And students who are more active during PE, despite their weight, are more likely to stay active after school as well.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-kids-physical-important-bmi.html
Nov 10, 2020
Stanford Children’s Health – Davia Gray
With the recent wildfires, what is in the air we breathe is a fear for many. Children with asthma are particularly vulnerable, so Stanford Children’s Health pediatrician Amy Oro, MD, shared some advice for concerned parents.
Read More: https://healthier.stanfordchildrens.org/en/how-to-help-kids-with-asthma-breathe-better-during-the-wildfires/
Nov 10, 2020
Medical X-Press – Serena Gordon
Nearly one in five American parents described themselves as “hesitant about childhood shots” in 2019, a new U.S. government study finds. That was fewer than the one in four who expressed hesitancy about vaccines in 2018.
Read More: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-parents-vaccine-hesitant.html
