Healthy teeth begin in gestationwhich means that the health of your childs primary teeth depends on your nutrition during pregnancy. Cusps or the tips of your childs teeth form as early as the sixth week of pregnancy while the hard tissues form on the third or fourth month. How you take care of yourself during this time will tell how your childs teeth will be when it grows out of the gums.To cultivate the development of healthy teeth, a pregnant...more
Kids on the Costa del Sol As well as being extremely popular with singles and couples, the Costa del Sol also attracts thousands of families looking for a holiday in the sun.The first thing families will notice is that the Costa del Sol is a lot more ‘child friendly' than many of the other European countries. Nobody frowns when children are out late with their parents or sitting in restaurants with them and there always seems to be...more
Eating Disorders and Teens Two of the most common types of eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia is identified by an intense fear of becoming fat, and therefore a fear of eating. People with anorexia have a distorted body image. They have such an intense fear of gaining weight that they hardly eat and become dangerously thin, consciously starving themselves out of an illogical fear of becoming heavy. Although anorexics are extremely thin, they will see themselves as fat. Many anorexics will also over exercise and may vomit or use laxatives as a mechanism to control their weight. People with anorexia spend a tremendous amount of time and energy focusing on staying thin. Although anorexics eat very little, much of their attention is on their food. They typically will eat only a small number of "safe" low calorie foods, cut their food into tiny pieces, eat very slowly moving their food around their plate, and cook for others and not eat themselves. Over time anorexia can cause anemia, heart problems, liver and kidney damage, delayed maturation and stunting of growth. Left untreated, anorexics could eventually die.Bulimia is identified by recurrent binge eating...more
New Age Toys Toys have been a great source of fun and entertainment since ages. People have been using toys for teaching purposes, creating intent in infants and making their brains work faster. All these purposes get lost when children just seek entertainment out of a toy and value it only for its thrill. Some toys that keep this thrill and...more
When Kids Go Really Bad: Treating Antisocial Behavior In Children A number of years ago I was asked to appear on the Queen Latina television talk show taped in New York City. Because of a book I had written on teen violence, the producers invited me to share my thoughts concerning this topic on a show featuring violent kids. After multiple...more
Can a Wood Piggy Bank Help Kids Learn Dollar Sense? The days of the wood piggy bank seem to be diminished. These days we have all kinds of technology and ways to make sure that our children get money. But do they really? What if going back to the plain old piggy bank is where it's at?There are many advantages to using a wood piggy bank. First, your child will actually see their money piling up. That's a huge motivation. Kids want to fill the piggy bank to the top so they can count their money.A wood piggy bank has the added advantage of not being breakable like the china ones. Instead, these modern money banks let you open a little plug at the bottom and the money can be removed quite easily for counting. To get the most from your child's savings, have him or her count and wrap coins once the piggy bank is full. Then you can deposit them into a child's bank account. This is a great way to help kids see their money and then watch it grow with interest in the bank. You should take the time to sit down and explain to kids the idea of setting financial goals. Whether they want to save up for a specific item or just hit a pre-determined dollar mark, the choice...more
How To Conceive Or Get Pregnant With A Male Child: Tips To Make It Happen Relatively Easily If you've found this article, it makes sense to assume that you're thinking about or trying to get pregnant and you'd prefer having a...more
Feeding Child on a Schedule You'll find two faculties of thought in relation to feeding a child. Feed on need or feeding child on a schedule. This text gives you guidelines for feeding infant on the routine and provide you with general...more
Is It Getting Harder To Raise Children? According to a government estimate, it will cost approximately $222,360 for middle-income, 2-parent families to raise babies born in 2009. Housing represents 31% of the cost; childcare and education,...more
Do's and Don'ts Of Feeding Child Cereal Considered one of the very first things that dad and mom seem ahead to like a indication that their infant is obtaining bigger is after they can commence feeding infant cereal. However you will...more
All-natural Childbirth - a Moms Tale A natural birth is wherever a woman is allowed to carry out her instinctual approach, to do whatever she wants to do. And as a midwife, I am there to support that. A natural birth is what I thought I...more
Diet and fitness arent things only adults have to consider. Approximately 1 in 5 children in North America are clinically obese. What is also concerning is that this number has tripled since 1980. A combination of sedentary lifestyles and poor...more