On Manorama – Staff Writer
Children, like adults, require some form of exercise in their daily routine to stay healthy. Your ch…
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The Huffington Post –Kelsey Borrensen
Many parents find themselves in this predicament at one point or another: Your kid isn’t enjoying sports. Do you push them to keep with it? Or do you let them quit?
On the one hand, you want to instill values like perseverance and commitment. But on the other, you don’t want to force them to continue with an activity that’s doing more harm than good.
Read More: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/when-to-let-kid-quit-sports_l_61f18840e4b04f9a12b7cd84
The Conversation – Jo-Anna B. Baxter
Around the world, there are an estimated 1.2 billion adolescents between 10 and 19 years old. Although adolescence lies between childhood and adulthood, adolescents are neither big children, nor little adults. They have increased food requirements to support their rapid physical growth and maturation.
The Conversation – Christopher Mayes, Deana Leahy, and Kristen Lyons
In recent years, microbiome scientists and nutritionists have drawn attention to the interaction between our diet, the colony of microbes in our gut (microbiota), and our health. We have moved beyond the simple idea of nutrition and health as “energy in, energy out”. Instead, human-gut microbiome research understands our bodies as members of and hosts to multispecies communities.
Moms – Jessica Tucker
Parents try to balance the responsibilities they give their kids based upon how old they are. By seven years old, there is quite a bit that kids can do. But because they are still seen as little kids at times, they may not always be given the types of responsibilities they are capable of doing. If this age group is encouraged and given responsibilities that match their abilities, they will not only excel at them but work on becoming more independent in the process. The problem lies in knowing which responsibilities are age-appropriate for seven-year-olds.
Read More: https://www.moms.com/age-appropriate-responsibilities-7-year-olds/