April marks the start of many spring sports for kids from Little League to spring soccer. While team sports are a great activity, it’s important that our children are sufficiently protected while they’re on the field. According to the Centers for Disease Control, sports-related injuries are the leading cause of emergency room visits for 12 …
A study was just released by The American Heart Association which finds that the arteries of obese children and teens may have as much plaque build-up as those of a 40-year old. This is startling and just another warning sign of the growing epidemic of childhood obesity in this country. Approximately one-third of kids in …
Five years ago when my son was in kindergarten I got a terrible scare. Every day he had the same schedule – Monday and Wednesday he took the bus home and the other three days he took the school bus to the YMCA. This was a standing note I had with his teacher. More than …
Internet safety is one of the largest issues that we as parents face today. With all the information available it is often difficult to decipher what is “safe” for our children to interact with online, or even on the computer in general. Even when a game claims to be safe and educational, we find ourselves …
My daughter Kelsey started kindergarten this week. She loved everything about it except taking the bus home after school. Unfortunately we’re the last house on the bus run so she was by herself which was a little frightening for her. Of course I told her I’d pick her up from school instead. It turns out …
