You get a call from school. Your child talked back to their teacher and ran out of the classroom. Is your child willfully disobeying, or is their misbehavior a cry for help? According to the education advocates at Brain Balance Achievement Centers, a holistic, drug-free approach to addressing behavioral, social, or learning difficulties in kids,… Continue reading Back to School: Is Your Child’s Behavior A Cry for Help?
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What the Kids Get: Planning Your Legacy
After a lifetime of working hard and saving faithfully, some people just want to enjoy retirement and spend their money without worrying about passing on anything to the next generation. But plenty of others are determined to leave a legacy – whether it’s by bequeathing a tidy sum to their children and grandchildren, or bestowing… Continue reading What the Kids Get: Planning Your Legacy
Parents’ Biggest Concern About Their Kids
As the school year begins, parents are concerned about a lot more than their kids’ grades, according to new research. Bullying and cyberbullying top parents’ list of worries when it comes to their children’s health, says to a new report from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at the University of… Continue reading Parents’ Biggest Concern About Their Kids
Three Ways Parents Can Protect Their Child during a Divorce
It’s no secret that divorces can get downright contentious – often because the stakes are so high financially and emotionally. But those already high stakes are raised even more dramatically when children are involved, and one or both parents try to use them as pawns in their never-ending battle with each other. That is a… Continue reading Three Ways Parents Can Protect Their Child during a Divorce
3 Tips for Protecting Your Kids from Mosquitoes
It’s likely that itchy bump on your child’s arm is nothing much to worry about. Most mosquito bites are harmless, and the symptoms will subside in a few days. Still, if you’re a parent who pays attention to news about mosquito-borne illnesses, it’s hard not to be concerned. A year ago, in 2016, the Zika… Continue reading 3 Tips for Protecting Your Kids from Mosquitoes
How to Turn Kids into Young Adults with Healthy Savings Habits
As Jodi walked to class that day the freshman noticed a large circle of booths spread out across the main courtyard of the campus. Scattered among the booths was one giving away free t-shirts with the school’s mascot on it. All Jodi had to do to get the free swag was fill out a form.… Continue reading How to Turn Kids into Young Adults with Healthy Savings Habits
Should Your Child Take Part in A Clinical Trial?
You may have heard of clinical trials, and your doctor may even have suggested your child enroll in one. Here, from the experts at the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are some of the things to consider: Clinical trials are voluntary research studies conducted in people and designed to answer specific questions about the… Continue reading Should Your Child Take Part in A Clinical Trial?
Healthy Eating for Families
March is National Nutrition Month–a time to shed some light on our food choices and how we can develop some sound eating and physical activity habits. Health professionals seem to agree that American families desperately need both of them. In fact, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that nearly 21% of… Continue reading Healthy Eating for Families
Teaching Money Lessons to Kids Who Don’t Have It Tough
The hardest thing about upward mobility – the so-called American dream – is attaining it. Perhaps the second hardest thing is this: Once you’ve risen from a hardscrabble upbringing and gained financial success, how do you pass the traits that helped get you there – hard work, accountability, passion and discipline – on to your… Continue reading Teaching Money Lessons to Kids Who Don’t Have It Tough
Women and Problem Drinking
If you think you or a loved one might have a problem with alcohol, the experts from the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcoholism Abuse, one of the National Institutes of Health, share some information that could save lives: Fewer women than men drink. However, among the heaviest drinkers, women equal or surpass men in… Continue reading Women and Problem Drinking
Junk Food and Teen Advertising
Worried about your grandkids eating junk food? You’re not wrong; a new study reveals that children are being subjected to a barrage of unhealthy food commercials starring their favorite celebrities. And that kind of advertising is contributing to the alarming rise in childhood and teen obesity, according to the New York University researchers. Soda and… Continue reading Junk Food and Teen Advertising
What You Must Know About Lead Poisoning
The stories about the high lead levels in the water supply of Flint, Michigan have brought the problem of lead poisoning front and center. According to experts from the Mayo Clinic, those at greatest risk of health problems, including serious brain and kidney damage, are children. But adults can be vulnerable as well. Lead poisoning… Continue reading What You Must Know About Lead Poisoning
Kids From Higher Socioeconomic Backgrounds Rely More on Parents
Young people from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are likelier to receive financial support from their parents even after they have left the nest, according to research from North Carolina State University. Going to a four-year-college makes them likelier to rely on such support, and they are likelier to become completely independent over time. “I wanted to… Continue reading Kids From Higher Socioeconomic Backgrounds Rely More on Parents
Older Moms Need Help with Adult Children
Mothers who are caring for adult children with health problems don’t get enough help even when they have other adult children who are healthy, experts say. The new research will be presented at the American Sociological Association’s 2015 Annual Meeting. It’s a situation that can put older mothers in a vulnerable position, said Megan Gilligan,… Continue reading Older Moms Need Help with Adult Children
Some Surprising Truths About Caregivers
Although the “sandwich generation” is usually believed to include many caregivers, in fact they make up a very small part of the caregiving population, according to a new study. The research, published in Population and Development Review, is believed to be the first to break down unpaid caregiving in the United States by age and… Continue reading Some Surprising Truths About Caregivers
Can Fiction Heighten Empathy?
If you read stories to your grandchildren and also read fiction for your own pleasure, you may be improving the ability of both the children and yourself to understand what other people are thinking or feeling. That’s the finding of a study presented on August 7th 2014 at the American Psychological Association’s 122nd Annual Convention in Washington D.C. by psychologist Raymond Mar from York University in Canada.