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YoMedics, a company committed to children’s health through wellness and prevention, is looking for Mom’s who are willing to pilot Kids Journey to YoPower for Life, a healthy lifestyle program for ages 7-11 years. Children less than 7 years and older than 11 years will also benefit. This 12– week program consists of educational guides that teach your child the medical benefits of health, the risk of disease, proper nutrition, exercise and the power of positive thinking. Your child will learn… Continue

Any words of wisdom for me!! One of my kids is invited to their first sleep over and I am a nervous wreck. Of course I need to let them go. My problem is how do I tackfully give them my instruction and safety lecture without making them nervous?

Safe and unsafe plastics are a hot topic currently. Certain plastics can release chemicals that young children who are still developing can absorb. These chemicals can do harm in the long term. Look at the recycling number on the bottom of the bottle.

Plastics to Avoid:

#3

#6

#7

These plastics contain some chemicals that can disrupt hormone levels or may be carcinogenic. Unfortunantly #7 is used in many baby bottles, five-gallon water jugs and many reusbale sports… Continue

Knee pain is common, especially when beginning the soccer season. Children frequently have pain over the front of the knee in sports with running, jumping and cutting. Taking time to adequately stretch the muscles in the front and back of the thigh will help prevent this condition. Knee pain lasting over three days should be evaluated by your child's physician.

This is a title of an article in the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper today. These statistics come from a study done in Atlanta, but have no fear, these statistics are more common across the country than not. A report done in 2007 and 2005 found that only 13% of U.S. high school students get a minimum of 3 servings of vegetables per day and only 32% get 2 servings of fruit. The sad thing is that the numbers did not increase from 2005 to 2007.

The Federal nutrition goals for 2010 call for at… Continue