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Helping Children Embrace Big Emotions - Mindful What we wish most for our children is that they may be happy. When facing times of crisis, or simply life’s regular ups and downs, what can we do to support our children’s search for sustainable happiness? I can clearly remember sitting in a...

Dropping anchor on big emotions- Harvard Health Big emotions can be scary. Anxiety, sadness, anger, and many other strong emotions can quickly engage the body’s fight-or-flight mechanism. That’s true for adults, and certainly true for children who are just learning about their emotions and how...

Spotting delays in children’s developmental milestones - Michigan Health While a quarter of parents have worried about their child’s development, some turn to the web, family and friends or social media instead of a doctor. As their infants and toddlers grow, many parents may wonder if their...

Over one-third of American children eat fast food every day, CDC data show - Miami Herald A large number of health issues in the U.S., including cancer, heart disease and obesity, are linked to unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors, according to the National Institute of Health. Some of those...

Children have increased appetite for vegetables if they are regularly shown pictures of them, new study suggests - Daily Mail Children are more likely to eat vegetables if they are regularly shown pictures of them, research reveals. They are also less likely to be fussy eaters and more likely...

Mothers-to-be who eat seafood each day 'are less likely to have children with ADHD' - Daily Mail Children whose mothers ate four servings of fish a week had a 16% better score Fatty or 'oily' fish, such as salmon and mackerel, is the most beneficial They are rich in nutrients which help brain...

Weighing the Toll of Food Insecurity - US News A new study finds young children in food-insecure homes face a higher risk of poor health, but not obesity. Researchers didn't find a direct link between household food insecurity and obesity except among kids 25 months to 36 months old, who were...

The play deficit -- Aeon Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up When I was a child in the 1950s, my friends and I had two educations. We had school (which was not the big deal it is today), and we also had what I call a...

Obesity: How to help your child eat healthily - BBC Across the UK, record numbers of children are obese - but one city appears to have bucked the trend. Figures presented at an obesity conference suggest Leeds has managed to reduce child obesity rates by 6.4% over recent years. A key part of...

7 best board games to help children think big - Big Think Like sneaking veggies into dessert, these board games teach STEM, strategy, and executive functions through the joys of play. Many popular board games offer little more than colorful distractions, lacking both thoughtful design or...

Children Growing Their Own Food: Why Children Need To Learn This Important Skill - Mother Earth News Are you wondering "why should children learn to grow their own food?" Depending on their age, they are probably busy with school, after-school activities and sports. Or for that matter why...

Tricks to help curb kids' emotional eating - WCTV You might have heard of emotional eating in adults, but what happens when kids eat to soothe their moods? If food peps you up when you’re feeling down, you might be an...

'Nothing short of remarkable': Study finds parents' chats with their toddlers pay off 10 years later - CBC Doctors in the U.S. and Canada encouraged to promote early literacy to families Attention exhausted parents: The next time your toddler starts making strange noises or babbling about Paw...