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We all want to raise healthy, self-confident, well-rounded girls. But the tight grip that the princess culture has on our daughters is scary as they move into adolescence and adulthood. Peggy Orenstein has written extensively on this topic. She offers some suggestions for navigating this culture in an interview with PBS. Expose and engross your …
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By now we’ve all seen the studies linking exercise with improved cognitive, academic and emotional functioning for adults and children. There may be nothing more important you could for your children than to ensure they are physically active every day. A British study of 554 four year olds and their mothers found that the more …
If there were ever a time to shift monies so schools could hire more counselors it would be now. With increased academic, college, social and emotional stressors that teenagers face we do not need to see a decrease in the counselor/student ratio at our high schools. The most current data shows the ratio is 471 …
Researchers just discovered a link between women taking Acetaminophen during pregnancy and their children having ADHD. This does not mean one causes the other but these women’s children were more likely to develop ADHD. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/24/acetaminophen-pregnancy-adhd/5782763/
“Do you know how hard it is to get kids to exercise for 60 minutes a day? Do you know how easy it is to get kids to play for 60 minutes a day?” Jill Vialet has started a movement of sorts to encourage more play in 2014. Rather than viewing play as an indulgence …
If you haven’t seen the start of a new series on HBO called State of Play: Trophy Kids I highly recommend it. It explores the world of youth sports and over-involved, demanding and narcissistic parents who are trying to create the next super star athletes. The first show ends with a roundtable discussion featuring a …
I get asked routinely whether ADHD is over-diagnosed and over-treated. The short answer is “No.” While I certainly believe there are places and cases where this happens I’ve always said that statistically this is just not the case irregardless of public controversy. I can understand the perception given the CDC’s recent research indicating a 43% …
Research analyzing 50 studies on running fitness involving 25 million children indicate that kids fitness levels have declined 5% per decade since 1975. Children 30 years ago could run a mile 90 seconds faster than today’s kids. Rising levels of obesity, media, video games are partly to blame. Parents and kids have to be more …
On Wednesday, Maddey Nelson will join others across the country and write the word “love” on her arm. The movement, started by supporters of the nonprofit To Write Love on Her Arms, aims to raise awareness and prevent self-injury.